35. Minnie Knob

TOWNSHIP: Perry
QUADRANGLE: Blacksville
LOCATION: Three and one-half miles east of Blacksville and 1.3 miles north of the Pennsylvania-West Virginia State line.

REMARKS: One of the highest points in Greene County; an excellent view of the Pittsburgh Plateau in southwestern Pennsylvania. The character of the plateau here is one of rounded hills and shallow stream valleys, and most of the land surface is on hillslopes. This character of the plateau is unique to the southwestern part of the Commonwealth. Flat-lying beds of sandstone, shale, and limestone of the Greene Formation (Permian age) underlie Minnie Knob.

REFERENCE: Stone, R. W. (1932), Geology and mineral resources of Greene County, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Geological Survey, 4th ser., County Report 30, 175 p.

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