GEOLEX database Geologic Unit: Mettawee Usage: Mettawee Member of Nassau Formation (NY*,VT*) Mettawee Member of Bull Formation (NY) Mettawee Argillite (NY) Mettawee Formation (NY*) Mettawee Slate (NY*) Age: Precambrian* Proterozoic, Late* Cambrian, Early* Geologic Province: New England province* Areal Extent: NY* VT* Type Locality: Type area: Extends from Pawlet, VT, and Granville, NY, to Fairhaven, VT. Named from Mettawee River which flows through the area (Ruedemann, 1914). Unit Name History: Named (Ruedemann, 1914). Rank reduced (Zen, 1961). Overview (Zen and others, 1983). Areal limits [revision and age modification implied] (Thompson, 1990). 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