Usage:
Walton Formation (NY)
Walton Formation of Sonyea Group (NY)
Walton Formation of West Falls Group (NY)
Walton Group (PA)
Geologic age:
Late Devonian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Bear Spring Mountain about 1 mi southwest of Walton, Walton quadrangle, southeastern NY (Fletcher, 1964).
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).
Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).