Usage:
Rawson Formation of Conneaut Group (NY)
Geologic age:
Late Devonian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: exposures along east-flowing tributary of Oil Creek, 0.8 mi south-southwest of Rawson, Cattaraugus Co., west-central NY (Manspeizer, 1963).
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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