Usage:
Benton Run Mudstone [Bed] of Jaycox Member of Ludlowville Formation (NY)
Geologic age:
Middle Devonian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: exposures along the main channel of Benton Run at Seneca Lake, 0.8 km north of Reed Road and 360 m east of Pre-Emption Road, Stanley and Geneva South quadrangles, Ontario Co., west-central NY (Mayer and others, 1994).
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin
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