Usage:
Irish Valley Member of Catskill Formation (PA*)
Geologic age:
Late Devonian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: at mouth of Irish Valley on west side of Shanokin Creek, along Reading Railroad north of Shamokin, Northumberland Co., east-central PA (Arndt and others, 1962).
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin*
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