Usage:
Galway Formation (NY)
Geologic age:
Late Cambrian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Two railroad cuts and roadcut along NY Highway 9-K, 3 mi northwest of Saratoga Springs, east-central NY. Named from Galway, Saratoga Co., NY (Fisher and Hanson, 1951).
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin
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