Usage:
Barker Quartzite (VT*-recognized locally in Rutland Co.)
Geologic age:
Early Cambrian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Probably named from Barker Hill, 4 mi east of north from Castleton, Rutland Co., southwestern VT (Keith, 1932).
AAPG geologic province:
New England province*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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