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Core Sample DGS 3274 from the Serpent Mound Impact Structure Near Peebles, Adams County, Ohio, 1996-2003

Dates

Dataset Reference Date
2014-09-23
Start Date
1996
End Date
2003

Summary

The image shows a close-up of sections in Box 22 of Ohio Division of Geological Survey's core DGS 3274 at the interval of 219.5 to 220.5 feet and 221.5 to 222.5 feet. The section includes fossil bearing limestone. This core section comes from the central uplift of the Serpent Mound Impact Structure, which has dolomite, shale, limestone, sandstone, and siltstone lithologies. Because of the geologic forces that have acted on the site of the impact structure, bedrock in the area is a mixture of uplifted, down dropped, faulted, folded and eroded rock from the Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian and Mississippian Geologic Periods. In 1979, John L. Carroll Mineral Exploration of New York City drilled two core holes in the Serpent Mound Impact [...]

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Material Request Instructions

For more information, please contact Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geological Survey, Address: 2045 Morse Rd., Columbus, OH 43229. Phone: 614-265-6576, E-mail: geo.survey@dnr.state.oh.us, Web: www.ohiogeology.com.

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  • S04.06.006.tif

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title Parent-57f2863ae4b0bc0bebfff9b8 Core Sample DGS 3274 from the Serpent Mound Impact Structure Near Peebles, Adams County, Ohio, 1996-2003

NGGDPP Item Extension

alternateGeometryAdams County (Ohio), Peebles (Ohio), Serpent Mound State Memorial (Ohio), Sinking Spring 7.5-minute Quadrangle
verticalExtentMax ~68
verticalExtentMin ~67
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