GEOLEX database Geologic Unit: Goshen Usage: Goshen Formation (MA*,CT*,VT*) Age: Devonian, Early* Geologic Province: New England province* Areal Extent: CT* MA* VT* Type Locality: Type area: Around Goshen, western MA (Emerson, 1898). Unit Name History: [Please note: only the Zen and others (1893) and Hatch and others (1988) references include synopses here. The remaining references have yet to be added from the GNC index card files. Until then, feel free to contact us if you would like complete bibliographic citations.] Named Goshen schist (Emerson, 1898). Age modified (Doll, 1943). Revised to Goshen Formation; Restricted usage; Age modified (Hatch, 1967). Age modified; Revised (Hatch and others, 1970). Age modified (Hatch, 1981). MA State Geol. Map usage; Extended into VT and CT (Zen and others, 1983). Revised; Overview; Restricted from VT (Hatch and others, 1988). Note: If you need more information, please contact Nancy Stamm (nstamm@usgs.gov). Asterisks (*) indicate usage by the U.S. Geological Survey. Other usages by state geological surveys. "No current usage" implies that a name has been abandoned or that it has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses (). Slashes (/) indicate unit name usage violates the 1983 North American Stratigraphic Code. This violation may be explained within brackets ([ ]). U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA, USA URL http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/ngmdb/ngm_catalog.ora.html Database project personnel Last modified: 7-Jan-2007