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Geologic Unit: Berry Ledge

Usage:

Berry Ledge Formation of Buckfield Group (ME)
Berry Ledge Member of Sangerville Formation (ME)


Geologic age:

Silurian


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Type locality: Berry Ledge, 1 mi northeast of West Paris, Bryant Pond quadrangle Also well exposed along west side of Stearns Hill, West Paris quarry, and on hills on either side of Rock Dundee, Oxford Co., southwestern ME (Guidotti, 1965).


AAPG geologic province:

New England province


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

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