DETAILED GEOLOGY OF STEUBENVILLE QUADRANGLE. 91 
CROSS CREEK TOWNSHIP, JEFFERSON COUNTY, OHIO. 
Cross Creek Township includes the larger portion of the drainage 
of Cross Creek. The geologic section exposed extends from a hori¬ 
zon near the top of the Monongahela formation to the Ames lime¬ 
stone in the Conemaugh. 
Umontown coal .—The Uniontown coal occurs in the ridge south of 
McIntyre Creek. It is not of workable thickness, but is fairly con¬ 
stant and is a good geologic guide. Its distance above the Meigs 
Creek coal was determined in the following places: 
Distance between top of Uniontown coal and top of Meigs Creek coal, Cross 
Creek Township, Ohio. 
Feet. 
On road from McIntyre Creek to New Alexandria_103 
On road from Fells to .New Alexandria__109 
On road from McIntyre Creek to Smithfield__ 107 
Average 
100 
Benwood limestone .—The different beds of the Benwood limestone 
are present in all of the hills northeast of New Alexandria and in the 
high hills south of Fernwood. The separate members, the Dinsmore 
and Bulger limestones, do not remain prominent and distinctive 
throughout this area, and no good elevations could be taken for 
obtaining intervals. 
Meigs Creek coal .—The Meigs Creek coal is in general not more 
than 1 foot thick. It is constant, however, and maintains a fairly 
uniform distance above the Pittsburg coal. 
The elevations of the Pittsburg coal and the Meigs Creek coal were 
compared in the following places for the purpose of determining the 
thickness of the interval between them: 
Distance betioeen base of Pittsburg coal and top of Meigs Creek coal, Cross 
Creek Township, Ohio. 
On road from Georges Run to Cross Creek- 102 
On road from McIntyre Creek to New Alexandria--100 
On road from Fells to New Alexandria- 97 
On road from Fells to Smithfield-103 
On road from Slabcamp Creek to Smithfield- 92 
At head of Polecat Hollow- 97 
On ridge north of Fells-104 
Average- 100 
Pittsburg coal .—The Pittsburg coal outcrops throughout Cross 
Creek Township. South of McIntyre Creek and between that creek 
and Cross Creek it is well under cover. North of Cross Creek it 
occurs in the ridge west of Dry Fork and between Dry Fork and 
