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  • Usage in publication:
    • Baldwin Corner formation
  • Modifications:
    • First used
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Dolomite
    • Limestone
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • New England province
Publication:

Rodgers, John, 1952, East-central New York and parts of western Vermont, IN Billings, M.P., Rodgers, John, and Thompson, J.B., Jr., Guidebook for field trips in New England; Geology of the Appalachian highlands of east-central New York, southern Vermont, and southern New Hampshire, Field trip no. 1: Geological Society of America Field Trip Guidebook, 65th annual meeting, Boston, MA, November 10-12, 1952, p. 7-36.


Summary:

Baldwin Corner formation (of R.H. Flower, unpub. ms) described as gray or yellow earthy fine-grained dolomite with persistent limestone layers near middle and at base. Thickness 120 ft. Underlies Great Meadows formation (new name); overlies Whitehall formation. Formerly included in Whitehall formation.

Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).


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