Usage:
Big Springs Member of Epler Formation (NJ)
Geologic age:
Early Ordovician
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality not stated, although unit is described in measured sections in north-central NJ. Origin of name not stated by authors, but probably named from Big Spring, a spring on northwest side of NJ Route 94, about 5 km southwest of Hamburg, Sussex Co., NJ (Markewicz and Dalton, 1977).
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin
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