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  • Usage in publication:
    • Hallowell member
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Limestone
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Appalachian basin
Publication:

Kay, G.M., 1937, Stratigraphy of the Trenton group: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 48, no. 2, p. 233-302.


Summary:

Pg. 278-280, pl. 4. Hallowell member of Cobourg Formation. Lower Cobourg limestone of earlier reports. Lower part lithologically similar to underlying Sherman Falls formation. Upper part composed of gray medium- to coarse-textured massive limestone with very few intercalated shales; contrasts with more argillaceous Hillier member (new) above. Thickness about 100 feet. Present in southern Ontario, Canada, and northern New York. Age is Middle Ordovician (Mohawkian).
Type section: at Picton, Hallowell Twp., Prince Edward Co., Ontario, Canada.

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