Usage:
Albion Group (NY,OH)
Albion Sandstone (NY*,OH*)
Subunits:
GROUP STATUS (alphabetical): Clinton Sandstone (OH), Grimsby Sandstone (NY), Manitoulin Dolomite (OH), Thorold Sandstone (NY), Whirlpool Sandstone (NY).
Geologic age:
Silurian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
[Type locality not designated.] Named from village of Albion, Orleans Co., west-central NY (US geologic names lexicon, USGS Bull. 1200).
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).
Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).