- Usage in publication:
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- Minaville member
- Modifications:
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- Original reference
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Appalachian basin
Summary:
Pg. 268-270, pl. 4. Minaville Member of Canajoharie Formation. Lower member of Canajoharie. Includes two lowest graptolite zones of the Canajoharie. Composed predominately of black shales, somewhat silty in upper part, and a few metabentonites. Thickness about 750 feet; thins westward from type section. Underlies Fairfield member (new); overlies Shoreham limestone. Age is Middle Ordovician (Mohawkian).
Type section: along Chuctununda Creek between Amsterdam and Minaville. Named from Minaville, Florida Twp., Montgomery Co., east-central NY.
Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 2513).
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