Usage:
Castleton Conglomerate (NY)
Castleton Conglomerate Member of Mettawee Slate (NY)
Castleton Conglomerate Member of St. Catherine Formation (VT)
(†Castleton Conglomerate, or †Castleton Conglomerate Member, abandoned by the VT USGS. Is synonym of North Brittain Conglomerate Member of Bull Formation. See North Brittain.)
Geologic age:
Early Cambrian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not designated. Origin of name not stated by author, but probably named from Castleton River, VT (Zen, 1959).
AAPG geologic province:
Adirondack uplift
New England province
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).
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