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Geologic Unit: Cherry Valley

Usage:

Cherry Valley Limestone Member of Marcellus Shale (MD*,NY*,OH,PA*,WV*)
Cherry Valley Limestone (PA)


Geologic age:

Middle Devonian*


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Type section: Cox's Ravine, 0.75 mi northwest of Cherry Valley, Otsego Co., central NY (L.V. Rickard, 1952, Amer. Jour. Sci., v. 250, no. 7, p. 511-522).


AAPG geologic province:

Appalachian basin*


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.

"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).

Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).