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List of Geologic Sites by Type


Outcrops

Site: AMBRG 1-1:    Mahoning shale and Brush Creek limestone, Ambridge, PA

Site: BRDGV 1-1:     Pittsburgh Coal Outcrop along Painter’s Run Road, Mt. Lebanon, PA

Site: BRDGV 1-2:     Pittsburgh Sandstone Channel and Shales, Vanadium Road, Scott Township, PA

Site: BRDGV 2-1:     Upper Monongahela Group behind Medi-Quick, Mt. Lebanon, PA

Site: BRIDG 3-1:       Benwood limestone on Rt. 88, Castle Shannon, PA

Site: BRIDG 3-2:       Benwood limestone on Mt. Lebanon Blvd., Mt. Lebanon, PA

Site: CANON 3-1:      Upper Pittsburgh Formation Limestones, Rt. 50, Cuddy, PA

Site: CANON 9-1:     Sandstone Channel in Lower Waynesburg Formation, Donaldson's Cross Roads, Washington, PA

Site: EMWTH 4-1:    Morgantown Sandstone and Birmingham Sandstone, Franklin Township, PA

Site: EMWTH 9-1:    Grafton Sandstone and Ames Limestone, McKnight Road, Ross Township, PA

Site: EMWTH 9-2:    Clarksburg Limestone at Office Depot, McKnight Road, Ross Township, PA

Site: GLENS 2-1:      Bakerstown Coal off Rt. 8, Richland Township, PA

Site: GLENS 8-1:      Channel Sandstone in Glenshaw Formation, Etna, PA

Site: GLENS 8-2:      Pine Creek Limestone, Type Locality, Etna, PA

Site: GLENS 8-3:      Lower Brush Creek Shale north of Glenshaw Glass Company, Rt. 8, Wittmer, PA

Site: GLENS 8-4:      Saltsburg Sandstone Quarry along Rt. 8, north of Etna, PA

Site: NKENS 4-2:      Saltsburg Sandstone Interval, New Kensington, PA

Site: NKENS 4-3:      Pine Creek Limestone Mounds, New Kensington, PA

Site: NKENS 5-1:      Ames Limestone along Rt. 28, New Kensington, PA

Site: NKENS 7-1:      Glenshaw Formation Sandstone Channel Rt. 28, Harmarville, PA (Hulton Bridge Locality)

Site: OAKDL 2-1:     Morgantown Sandstone along Fed Ex Road, Moon Twp., PA

Site: OAKDL 2-2:     Connellsville Sandstone channel along US 60, Findlay Twp., PA

Site: OAKDL 5-1:     Pittsburgh Coal behind IKEA, Robinson Twp., PA

Site: OAKDL 5-2:     Monongahela Group - Conemaugh Group Boundary at Wal Mart, Robinson Twp., PA

Site: PGHBE 4-1:     Ames Limestone Outcrops and Saltsburg Interval Outcrop in Frick Park, Pittsburgh, PA

Site: PGHBE 4-2:     Morgantown Sandstone Outcrop Near Frick Park, Pittsburgh, PA

Site: PGHBW 3-1:    Woods Run Limestone, Type Locality, Pittsburgh, PA

 Site: PGHBW 3-2:    Saltsburg Sandstone Outcrop on Brighton Road, Pittsburgh, PA

Site: PGHBW 8-1:    Section of Lower Benwood Limestone, Banksville Plaza, Pittsburgh, PA

Site: PGHBW 9-1:    Pittsburgh Coal Outcrop along West Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA

Site: VLNCA 7-1:    Normal Faults in Morgantown Sandstone and Birmingham Shale, Bakerstown Station, PA

Site: WASHE 6-1:    Dunkard Group Section at Sam's Club, Washington, PA

Site: WASHE 6-2:    Dunkard Group Section Above Wal Mart off Beau Street, Washington, PA

Site: WASHW 5-1:  Middle Dunkard Group Section, Rt. 19 S near Washington, PA

 

Other Sites of Geologic Interest

Site: OAKDL 4-1: Abandoned Oil Well in McDonald-McCurdy Oil Field, Pittsburgh, PA

Site: PGHBE 6-1: View of Pittsburgh and the Southside from Arlington Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA  

Site: PGHBW 4-3: A View of the Point from Grandview Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA  Includes a Geomorphologic History of The Point

Found on several blocks of sandstone in the