Return to Sunken Mountain: The Serpent Mound Crytoexplosion Structure

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Date posted: 03/30/13

Quarterly publication of the Division of Geological Survey. Overview of the Serpent Mound Cryptoexplosion Structure in Adams County, Ohio. General description of the structure and mineralization. Main emphases is the zinc sulfide mineral sphalerite locally cements fault breccia and fill fractures, primarily in the Silurian carbonate rocks within the structure.