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Geologic Unit: Ellicott

Usage:

Ellicott Shale of Conneaut Group (NY)
Ellicott Shale Member of Chadokoin Formation (NY,PA)


Geologic age:

Late Devonian


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

In roadside cuts along "Hunt Road," between Ashville and Jamestown. This is in town of Ellicott, Chautauqua Co., west-central NY (Caster, 1934).


AAPG geologic province:

Appalachian basin


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