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Geologic Unit: Licking Creek

Usage:

Licking Creek Limestone (MD*,PA*,VA*,WV*)
Licking Creek Limestone of Helderberg Group (MD*,PA,VA*,WV*)
Licking Creek Limestone Member of Helderberg Formation (MD)
Licking Creek Member of Old Port Formation (PA)


Subunits:

(ascending) --in PA, MD,VA,WV: Cherry Run Member, Little Cove Member.


Geologic age:

Early Devonian (Lochkovian to Pragian?)*


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Bluff on south side of Licking Creek, several hundred ft west of the bridge crossing creek about 1 mi east of Warren Point, Franklin Co., PA.


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.

"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).

Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).