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Geologic Unit: Paxton

Usage:

Paxton Group (CT*,MA*,ME*,NH*)
Paxton Formation (CT*,MA*,NH*)


Subunits:

Dudley (MA*,CT*) and Southbridge (MA*,CT*) Formations of Paxton Group; Bigelow Brook Member (MA*) of Paxton Formation.


Geologic age:

Neoproterozoic*


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

Type area: West of Worcester, in the western part of the Worcester North and Worcester South 7.5-min quadrangles Named from town of Paxton, Worcester Co., central MA (Perry and Emerson, 1903).
Reference section: type sections of Dudley and Southbridge Formations (Barosh and Moore, 1988).


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 ([ ]).