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Warren County Deep Core Near Lytle, Warren County, Ohio, 1980s

Dates

Dataset Reference Date
2014-07-24
Start Date
1987
End Date
1989

Summary

The Ohio Geological Survey's Longyear Hydro-44 drill core rig operating on the site of an American Aggregate Corporation quarry lease near the town of Lytle, Warren County, Ohio. The Warren County Deep Core Hole project was the second continuously cored hole planned to be drilled into the Precambrian basement rock in Ohio. The Ohio Geological Survey expected to reach the Precambrian rock at a depth of about 3,400 feet. At that depth, the drill rig shown working here encountered a previously unknown massive sandstone formation underlying the Mount Simon Sandstone of Upper Cambrian rock. The core hole went 1,910 feet into this sandstone. This core DGS # 2627 went to a total depth of 5,380 feet at the drill site without reaching Precambrian [...]

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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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NGGDPP
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Collection of Photographic Slides and Historic Photos from Ohio
Reference File
Ohio_NGGDPP_metadatafields_final.csv

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  • S06.08.025.tif

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title Parent-57f2863ae4b0bc0bebfff9b8 Warren County Deep Core Near Lytle, Warren County, Ohio, 1980s

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alternateGeometryWarren County (Ohio), lytle (Ohio), Waynesville 7.5-minute Quadrangle

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