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Geologic Unit: Lorraine

Usage:

Lorraine Group (NY)
Lorraine Shale (MI*,NY*)


Subunits:

GROUP STATUS (alphabetical): Oswego Sandstone (NY), Pulaski Formation (NY), Whetstone Gulf Formation (NY).


Geologic age:

Late Ordovician*


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

Not synopsized to date. [See US geologic names lexicons, USGS Bull. 896, 1200]


AAPG geologic province:

Appalachian basin*
Michigan 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 ([ ]).