Usage:
Barton River Member of Waits River Formation (VT)
Geologic age:
late Silurian to Early Devonian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: in Newport City in low cut along main highway to Derby and on south flank of Shattuck Hill, Memphremagog quadrangle, VT. Named from good exposures on higher slopes of Barton River valley (Doll, 1951).
AAPG geologic province:
New England province
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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