Usage:
Barriefield Hill Metabentonite [Bed] of Lowville Formation of Black River Group (NY)
(Not adopted by the Canadian Geological Survey. Type locality in Canada.)
Geologic age:
Late Ordovician (Mohawkian; Turinian)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: roadcut at Barriefield Hill, on Ontario Route 2, just east of Old Fort Henry, east edge of Kingston, Frontenac Co., Ontario, Canada (Conkin, 1991).
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin
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