Usage:
Lackawaxen Member of Catskill Formation (PA*)
Lackawaxen Conglomerate [Member] of Chemung Formation (PA,WV,MD)
Lackawaxen Formation of Walton Group (PA)
Geologic age:
Late Devonian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Exposed a short distance below Lackawaxen village and at other places in Lackawaxen Twp., Pike Co., PA. Resistant conglomerate and sandstone beds form nearly vertical ledges along parts of Lackawaxen River (White, 1882).
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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