- Usage in publication:
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- Steuben limestone member
- Modifications:
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- Named
- Dominant lithology:
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- [Calcarenite]
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Appalachian basin
Summary:
Pg. 598, 601, 602. Steuben limestone member of Cobourg formation [of Trenton group]. Name proposed for upper member of formation in Utica quadrangle and vicinity. Described as coarse-textured calcite sandstone [calcarenite]. Maximum thickness about 60 feet; 26 feet exposed above dam on Steuben Creek. Overlies newly defined Rust limestone member; underlies Holland Patent shale. Age is Middle Ordovician (Mohawkian).
Typically exposed in small quarries and along streams south of road south of Steuben Creek for a mi from its mouth. Named from creek where exposed above dam at Prospect Bridge, Oneida Co., east-central NY.
Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 3720).
- Usage in publication:
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- Steuben limestone member
- Modifications:
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- Areal extent
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Appalachian basin
Summary:
Pg. 61. Steuben limestone member of Cobourg Formation [of Trenton group]. Disappears by unconformity west of Poland [New York]. Outcrop areas described. Age is Middle Ordovician (Mohawkian).
Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 3720).
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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