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Geologic Unit: Johns Creek

Usage:

Johns Creek Shale of Sonyea Group (NY)
Johns Creek Member of Middlesex Shale (NY)


Geologic age:

Late Devonian


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

Named from exposures about 900 ft below the Camas Prairie, at confluence of Johns Creek and Rock Creek, 1 mi northwest of Tolo Lake, central NY. Well exposed in adjoining canyons and traceable for many miles along Snake and Salmon Rivers (Bond, 1963).


AAPG geologic province:

Appalachian basin


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

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