GEOLEX database
Geologic Unit: Hungerford
Usage:
No current usage.
(Rocks of †Hungerford Formation (VT), †Hungerford Slate of Woods Corner Group (VT), or †Hungerford Slate Member of Sweetsburg Formation (VT) reallocated to Skeels Corners Slate. See Skeels Corners.)
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Type Locality:
Where Hungerford Brook crosses Highgate Road, about [?]1.25 or [?]0.25 mi south of Highgate, Franklin Co., VT (Schuchert, 1937).
[GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX) state type is "1-/4" mi south of Highgate. Not sure what this notation (or typographical error) means. --unresolved.]
Unit Name History:
Named Hungerford formation (Schuchert, 1937).
Revised to Hungerford slate of Woods Corner group; Redescribed (Shaw, 1958).
Revised to Hungerford slate member of Sweetsburg formation; Age modified (Doll and others, 1961).
Abandoned (Mehrtens and Dorsey, 1987).
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.
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Last modified: 7-Jan-2007