Usage:
Nassau Formation (MA*,NY*)
Subunits:
(alphabetical): Bomoseen Graywacke Member (NY*), Mettawee Member (MA*,NY), Mudd Pond Quartzite Member (NY*), Rensselaer Graywacke Member (MA*,NY*), Truthville Member (NY), Zion Hill Quartzite Member (NY*).
Geologic age:
Precambrian*
Proterozoic, Late*
Cambrian, Early*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Nassau, Rensselaer Co., eastern NY (Ruedemann, 1914).
AAPG geologic province:
New England province*
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 ([ ]).