General Clay Products Corporation in Hocking County, Ohio, 1978

Dates

Dataset Reference Date

2016-04-19

Info Date

1978

Summary

An outcrop with the Middle Mercer Clay and Lower Mercer Limestone of the Pottsville Group at the General Clay Products Corporation quarry in Falls Gore Township, Hocking County, Ohio. General Clay Products quarried clay for brick production. Bedrock is from the Pennsylvanian Geologic Period. The image was made by Michael C. Hansen in 1978.

Summary

An outcrop with the Middle Mercer Clay and Lower Mercer Limestone of the Pottsville Group at the General Clay Products Corporation quarry in Falls Gore Township, Hocking County, Ohio. General Clay Products quarried clay for brick production. Bedrock is from the Pennsylvanian Geologic Period. The image was made by Michael C. Hansen in 1978.

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Web Link

http://geosurvey.ohiodnr.gov/portals/geosurvey/PDFs/Education/el12.pdf

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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• Clay
• Limestone
• Pennsylvanian Geologic Period
• Quarries and quarrying
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NGGDPP

Reference Item

Collection of Photographic Slides and Historic Photos from Ohio

Reference File

Ohio_NGGDPP_metadatafields_final.csv

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Alternate Titles

• S16.02.075.tif

Identifiers

Type	Scheme	Key
title	Parent-57f2863ae4b0bc0bebfff9b8	General Clay Products Corporation in Hocking County, Ohio, 1978

NGGDPP Item Extension

alternateGeometry	Hocking County (Ohio), Gore 7.5-minute Quadrangle