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The Central Silica Company east of Glenford, Perry County, Ohio. The area of the quarry has shale, siltstone, sandstone and conglomerate lithologies of the Pottsville Group-Sharon sandstone/conglomerate. Bedrock is from the Pennsylvanian Geologic Period. The image was taken during a teachers workshop field trip in summer 1988.
An outcrop of the Black Hand Sandstone Member of the Cuyahoga Formation at the Conkle's Hollow State Nature Preserve area in Hocking Hills State Park, Hocking County, Ohio. Conkle's Hollow is a deep rocky gorge. All three zones of the Black Hand Sandstone are visible in the steep cliffs of the valley walls. Crossbedding and honeycomb weathering are well displayed on the fretted surface of the Black Hand. The gorge at Conkle's Hollow follows a major joint trending N 60� W. Conkle's Hollow is named for an early visitor who inscribed his name, W. J. Conkle 1797, on the west wall of the gorge. Bedrock is from the Mississippian Geologic Period. The photograph was taken by Guy L. Denny in July 1966.
Petroglyphs carved into the Pottsville Group-Sharon sandstone/conglomerate at Leo Petroglyph and Nature Preserve in Jackson County, Ohio. This area has shale, siltstone, sandstone and conglomerate lithologies. The panel of petroglyphs includes around 37 figurative drawings of humans, birds, animal and human foot prints, a fish, a snake and other figures carved into the rock outcropping on the gently sloping hillside above a steep gorge. Leo Petroglyph is actually in a series of petroglyphs ancient people cut into the sandstone outcrop. The exact age of the carvings is unknown, but based on the degree of weathering of the soft sandstone, the carvings are probably not more than 1,000 years old. The art is likely the...
An outcrop of the Pottsville Group-Sharon sandstone/conglomerate with crossbedding and honeycomb weathering at Thompson Ledges Township Park, Thompson Township, Geauga County, Ohio. Bedrock is from the Pennsylvanian Geologic Period. The photograph was taken by Michael C. Hansen in 1975.
An outcrop of the Pottsville Group-Sharon sandstone/conglomerate showing the road cut for the Ohio State Route 21 underpass at Interstate 77 mile marker 135.7 west of Akron in Copley Township, Summit County, Ohio. This area has shale, siltstone, sandstone and conglomerate lithologies. Bedrock is from the Pennsylvanian Geologic Period. The photograph was taken by Michael C. Hansen in 1981.
An outcrop of the Pottsville Group-Sharon sandstone/conglomerate showing the road cut for the Ohio State Route 21 underpass at Interstate 77 mile marker 135.7 west of Akron in Copley Township, Summit County, Ohio. This area has shale, siltstone, sandstone and conglomerate lithologies. Bedrock is from the Pennsylvanian Geologic Period. The photograph was taken by Michael C. Hansen in 1981.
An outcrop showing a fault in the Newland (No. 4, Brookville) coal of the Allegheny Group in Bethlehem Township, Stark County, Ohio. This area has shale, siltstone, sandstone, conglomerate, limestone, coal, clay and flint lithologies. Bedrock is from the Pennsylvanian Geologic Period. The photograph was taken in 1960.
The Allegheny Group Putnam Hill limestone type section at Putnam Hill Park in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. John Turkopp and Wilber E. Stout did work in this area for Measured Stratigraphic Section File Number 788. This area has shale, siltstone, sandstone, conglomerate, limestone, coal, clay and flint lithologies. Bedrock is from the Pennsylvanian Geologic Period. The photograph was taken by William Smith in 1952.
An outcrop of the Homewood sandstone of the Pottsville Group along Ohio State Route 800 in Pike Township, Stark County, Ohio. This area has shale, siltstone, sandstone, conglomerate, limestone, coal, clay and flint lithologies. Bedrock is from the Pennsylvanian Geologic Period. The photograph was probably taken in 1960.
An outcrop of the Allegheny Group with channel sand at Glen Ebon in York Township, Athens County, Ohio. This area has shale, siltstone, sandstone, conglomerate, limestone, coal, clay and flint lithologies. Bedrock is from the Pennsylvanian Geologic Period. The image was taken by Micheal C. Hansen in 1976.
An outcrop of the Allegheny Group with channel sand pinching and swelling at Glen Ebon in York Township, Athens County, Ohio. This area has shale, siltstone, sandstone, conglomerate, limestone, coal, clay and flint lithologies. Bedrock is from the Pennsylvanian Geologic Period. The image was taken by Micheal C. Hansen in 1976.
An outcrop of the Allegheny Group showing slump structure along the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company cut northwest of Mineral City, Tuscarawas County, Ohio. This area has shale, siltstone, sandstone, conglomerate, limestone, coal, clay and flint lithologies. Bedrock is from the Pennsylvanian Geologic Period. The photograph was taken by Michael C. Hansen in 1981. The truss bridge was removed, the railroad cut was filled and County Road 107 (Sandyville Road) was constructed on top of the fill on a different allignment in the 1991 construction season by the Tuscarawas County Engineer's Office. The following information concerning the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company cut at Mineral City is taken verbatim from...
A scenic view of Rockbridge with waterfall at Rockbridge State Nature Preserve in Hocking County, Ohio. The image was taken by Michael C. Hansen in 1973. The Natural Arch and Bridge Society defines a natural arch as �a rock exposure that has a hole completely through it formed by the natural, selective removal of rock, leaving a relatively intact frame.� At 92 feet Rockbridge is Ohio's longest natural bridge. The bridge originated as a typical Hocking Hills alcove carved into the soft middle layer of Black Hand Sandstone at the head of a short box canyon cut by a small tributary of the Hocking River. Three intersecting vertical fractures in the roof of the shelter were gradually enlarged until the block they surrounded...
An outcrop of Black Hand Sandstone Member of the Cuyahoga Formation at the Blackhand Gorge State Nature Preserve, Licking County, Ohio. The Black Hand Sandstone is characterized by thick to massive beds of cross-bedded sandstone that form prominent cliffs. The Black Hand Sandstone bedrock unit was named for the large, dark, hand-shaped American Indian petroglyph carved into the cliff wall at the location of this nature preserve. The petroglyph was destroyed in 1828 during the construction of the towpath for the Ohio and Erie Canal. Bedrock in this area is from the Mississippian Geologic Period. This photograph was an entry in the 1983 Ohio Geology Slide Contest.
An outcrop of the Pottsville Group-Sharon sandstone/conglomerate along the north side of State Route 124 in the northeast 1/4 of Section 10, Scioto Township, Jackson County, Ohio. This area has shale, siltstone, sandstone and conglomerate lithologies. Bedrock is from the Pennsylvanian Geologic Period. The photograph was taken by Michael C. Hansen in 1982.
A cliff and boulders of the Pottsville Group-Sharon sandstone/conglomerate at Canter's Cave 4-H Camp, Jackson County, Ohio. Bedrock is from the Pennsylvanian Geologic Period.This area has shale, siltstone, sandstone and conglomerate lithologies. The photograph was taken by E. Mac Swinford circa 2002.
Outcrop of the Upper Mercer limestone of the Pottsville Group in Tuscarawas Township, Stark County, Ohio. This area has shale, siltstone, sandstone, conglomerate, limestone and coal lithologies. Bedrock is from the Pennsylvanian Geologic Period. Russell A. Brant is noted with the image information.This may be a photograph of work done by Richard M. DeLong for Measured Stratigraphic Section File Number 15129 in 1961.
An outcrop of the Pottsville Group-Sharon sandstone/conglomerate in Liberty Township, Jackson County, Ohio. Many scenic gorges, cliff exposures and outliers like this one known as
An outcrop of the Poverty Run-Lowelville limestone of the Pottsville Group at the Beach City Dam on Sugar Creek in Franklin Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio. This area has shale, siltstone, sandstone, conglomerate, limestone and coal lithologies. Bedrock is from the Pennsylvanian Geologic Period. The photograph was taken by Michael C. Hansen in 1981.
A photograph of the location for the abandoned Lewis mine slopes in Weathersfield Township, Trumbull County, Ohio. The Lewis mine was a subsurface mining operation for the Sharon (No. 1) coal. This location is where coal was first discovered on that side of the Ridge. The slopes are covered in the photograph, but it is near them that the active drain for the Ridge is found as a bubbling spring. The area of the mine has shale, siltstone, sandstone, conglomerate, limestone, underclay, coal and flint lithologies. Bedrock is from the Pennsylvanian Geologic Period. The photograph was taken during the summer field work of James Osborn Fuller and Myron T. Sturgeon in July 1941.
map background search result map search result map Black Hand Sandstone, Licking County, Ohio 1983 Leo Petroglyph State Memorial, Jackson County, Ohio, 1987 Sharon Sandstone/Conglomerate, Jackson County, Ohio, 1982 Thompson Ledges, Geauga County, Ohio, 1975 Canter's Cave 4-H Camp, Jackson County, Ohio, 2000-2005 Mercer Limestone, Stark County, Ohio, 1960s The Sharon Sandstone/Conglomerate, Summit County, Ohio, 1981 The Sharon Sandstone/Conglomerate, Summit County, Ohio, 1981 Beach City Dam, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, 1981 Big Rock, Jackson County, Ohio, 1970s Newland (No. 4, Brookville) Coal, Bethlehem Township, Stark County, Ohio, 1960 Putnam Hill Limestone Type Section, Putnam Hill Park, Zanesville, Ohio, 1952 Homewood Sandstone in PikeTownship, Stark County, Ohio, 1960 Strata at Glen Ebon, York Township, Athens County, Ohio, 1976 Strata at Glen Ebon, York Township, Athens County, Ohio, 1976 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at Mineral City, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, 1981 Lewis Mine Slopes, Weathersfield Township, Trumbull County, Ohio, 1941 Conkle's Hollow State Nature Preserve, Hocking Hills State Park, Hocking County, Ohio, 1966 Rockbridge State Nature Preserve, Hocking County, Ohio, 1973 Central Silica Company in Perry County, Ohio, 1988