Usage:
Devils Hole Sandstone of Medina Group (NY*)
Subunits:
Balls Falls facies (informal) (NY).
Geologic age:
early Silurian (Llandovery)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Roadcut along east side of Niagara River Gorge on the south haul road to the Robert Moses Powerplant, 0.4 mi north of Devils Hole State Park, Lewiston, Niagara Co., NY (Brett and others, 1995).
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin*
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