Usage:
Anderdon Limestone Member of Lucas Formation (MI*,OH*)
Anderdon Formation of Detroit River Group (MI)
Anderdon Limestone (MI*)
Anderdon Limestone of Detroit River Group (OH)
Geologic age:
Middle Devonian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name: (See Canadian Lexicon)
Type area: western Ontario, Canada. Named from exposure in Anderdon (Brunner, Mond Canada, Ltd.) quarry about 1.25 mi north of Amherstburg, Ontario (Sherzer and Grabau, 1908).
AAPG geologic province:
Michigan basin*
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 ( ).
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