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Geologic Unit: Jim Pond

Usage:

Jim Pond Formation (ME*,NH*)


Subunits:

Magalloway Member (ME*)


Geologic age:

Cambrian(?)*
Cambrian, Late*


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

Type section (composite): along North Branch of Dead River, northern Franklin Co., ME. Named from Jim Pond, located 8 km above confluence of North Branch of Dead River with Flagstaff Lake (Boudette, 1982).


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 ([ ]).