In adjacent VT and NY portion of map, used as West Castleton Formation of Proterozoic Z and Early Cambrian age. Mapped undivided with Nassau Formation of same age. [Does not occur in MA.]
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).
Used as West Castleton Formation of Cambrian age [no explanation given for absence of Late Proterozoic age]. Occurs in Taconic allochthon sequence in Glens Falls quad. Overlies Cambrian Mettawee Formation; underlies Upper Cambrian and Lower Ordovician Hatch Hill Formation.
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).
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