Usage:
Antes Shale (MD*,PA*,WV*)
Antes Formation (PA*)
Geologic age:
Late Ordovician (Mohawkian to Cincinnatian; Shermanian to Edenian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: on east bank of Antes Creek in immediate vicinity of U.S. Route 44 and PA Route 880 intersection in northwest part of Nippenose Valley, [north of Rauchtown, approx. Lat. 41 deg. 09 min. 48 sec. N., Long. 77 deg. 13 min. 12 sec. W., Linden 7.5-min quadrangle, Lycoming Co., north-central PA] (see Faill and others, 1977).
Notable exposures along Antes Creek above Antes Gap, Clinton Co., north-central PA (Kay, 1944).
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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