Usage:
Gatesburg Formation (NY,PA*,VA*,WV*)
Gatesburg Dolomite (OH)
Subunits:
Stacy Dolomite Member (PA*), Ore Hill Limestone Member (PA*,WV*,VA*), Mines Dolomite Member (PA*,WV*,VA*).
Geologic age:
Cambrian, Late*
Ordovician, Early(?)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Exposures on Gatesburg Ridge, Centre Co., PA (Butts, 1918).
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin*
Cincinnati arch
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).