Usage:
No current usage.
(†Oak Orchard Dolomite of Lockport Group (NY) or †Oak Orchard Member of Lockport Formation (NY) abandoned. Is considered same as Eramosa Dolomite. See Eramosa.)
Geologic age:
Silurian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Outcrop along Oak Orchard Creek in western part of Orleans Co., western NY (Howell and Sanford, 1947).
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin
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