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Penn Central Railroad cut, Paris, Stark County, Ohio, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Penn Central Railroad cut | - not defined - |
| Paris | - not defined - |
| Stark County | County |
| Ohio | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
40° 48' 15'' North , 81° 9' 36'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Robertsville | 331 (2017) | 5.2km |
| Homeworth | 481 (2017) | 8.6km |
| Louisville | 9,126 (2017) | 9.1km |
| Minerva | 3,678 (2017) | 9.5km |
| East Canton | 1,600 (2017) | 10.5km |
Nearest Clubs:
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| Club | Location | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Summit Lapidary Club | Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio | 46km |
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
New York Central Railroad cut
An abandoned Penn Central Railroad cut located in the NW ¼ of Section 4, Paris, Paris Township, Stark County, Ohio. The locality is approximately ½ mile northeast from Paris at the intersection of Warren Road. The locality exposes the Allegheny Group.
Ernest Carlson (1991, p. 87, 2015, p. 144) observed tabular baryte crystals with pyrite and black sphalerite in veins of ironstone concretions in shale.
This rail cut was along the former Phalanx Station - Dillonvale Branch Line of the New York Central Railroad. The line was built in the late 1870s as a coal hauler and became the Lake Erie, Alliance and Wheeling Railroad in 1901. In 1903, the Lakeshore and Michigan Southern acquired the line in hopes of extending the rail line to its mainline in Painesville, Ohio, utilizing the Lake Branch Line of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. This plan never happened and instead the northern terminus of the line became Phalanx Station, connecting the New York Central with the Erie Railroad’s Cleveland – Youngstown Branch Line. In 1914 the Lakeshore and Michigan Southern became part of the New York Central Railroad.
This branch line was unique to the New York Central Railroad because the line never directly connected to any of the New York Central’s main lines. The New York Central had trackage rights along the Pennsylvania Railroad from Minerva to Ravenna, where it reconnected the Lake Erie & Pittsburg (intentionally misspelled); another New York Central branch line at Brady Lake.
When the Pennsylvania Railroad and the New York Central Railroad merged in 1968, the Minerva to Alliance portion of this rail line became redundant and was abandoned four years later after the merger. The only portion of this line that is still active is from Hopedale to Minerva.
Today the locality is on private property and heavily overgrown.
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsGallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Baryte | 7.AD.35 | BaSO4 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| O | Oxygen | |
|---|---|---|
| O | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Zn | Zinc | |
| Zn | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
| Ba | Barium | |
| Ba | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North AmericaContinent
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Appalachian BasinBasin
- Granite-Rhyolite ProvinceMagmatic Province
- Shawnee DomainDomain
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