Usage:
Biddie Knob Formation (VT*)
Geologic age:
Late Proterozoic and Early Cambrian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: west and south slopes of Biddie Knob, town of Pittsford, approx. Lat. 43 deg. 42 min. 45 sec. N., Long. 73 deg. 06 min. 30 sec. W., Proctor 7.5-min quadrangle, Rutland Co., Taconic Range, central western VT (Zen, 1961; see Zen, 1964).
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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