Excerpt from Economic Geology of the Kenova Quadrangle: Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia

Importance of the area - The Kenova quadrangle is of interest on account of its valuable deposits of coal and fire clay. Of less value are its iron ores, limestones, and building stones. It forms part of a much larger area in which during the last three or four decades there has been much activity in the mining Of coal and in the mining and smelting of iron ores. The latter industry has been discontinued, but coal is still being mined. The clay industry in this region is small at present, but should have an important future on account Of the amount of available raw material. (see Pl. I, in pocket.) Location and area. - The Kenova quadrangle includes parts of Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia, the name Kenova being coined by combining abbreviations of these State names. Its exact position is shown on the accompanying key map (pl. II). Far the greater part of its 938 square miles is within Kentucky, including the whole of Boyd County, the larger part Of Lawrence, and parts of Carter, Greenup, and Elliott counties, Ky. A small part of Wayne County, W. Va., and the south end of Lawrence County, Ohio, make up the remainder. The quadrangle takes its name from a small town, Kenova, lying at the confluence of Big Sandy and Ohio rivers.

The portions of Kentucky and Ohio in this locality are sometimes known as the Hanging Rock region, from an outcrop Of massive sandstone at Hanging Rock on Ohio River, a few miles below the city of Ashland.

From a geographic as well as a physiographic point of view, this area is a part of the western Appalachian Plateau province. It lies along the western edge and just north of the center of the great coal field comprised within this province, which extends from north central Alabama to the southern boundary of New York.

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