Horace R. Collins Laboratory & Core Repository

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Venue Phone: 740-548-7348

Venue Website: https://ohiodnr.gov/discover-and-learn/safety-conservation/about-ODNR/geologic-survey/hrc-lab-core-repository/

The ODNR Division of Geological Survey Horace R. Collins Laboratory is a multi-use facility located at Alum Creek State Park in Delaware County, Ohio. Core, sample, and twelve other collections are housed at the Ohio Geological Sample Repository. One wing of the facility has laboratories for core and sample description and analysis, petrographic studies, aggregate testing, and sedimentation research. A second wing houses Division of Watercraft Central District offices. The Collins Lab also headquarters the Ohio Seismic Network and the Lake Erie Data Center.