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Geologic Unit: Pinney Hollow

Usage:
Pinney Hollow Formation (VT*)
Pinney Hollow Formation of Camels Hump Group (VT*)

Age:
Precambrian*
Proterozoic, Late*
Cambrian, Early*
Geologic Province:
New England province*


Areal Extent:
VT*



Type Locality:
Pinney Hollow, Plymouth Twp., Windsor Co., VT (Perry, 1927).

Subunits:
Hancock Member (VT), Chester Amphibolite Member (VT)

Unit Name History:
Named Pinney Hollow schist (Perry, 1927).
Revised to Pinney Hollow formation (Osberg, 1952).
Redescribed (Brace, 1953).
VT State Geol. Map usage (Doll and others, 1961).
Overview (Cady and others, 1962).
Age modified (Ratcliffe, 1979).
Areal limits (Thompson, 1990).
Overview (Walsh, 1992).
Not used (Ratcliffe, in press).

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 ([ ]).






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Last modified: 7-Jan-2007