Usage:
["First" and "Second" Cheektowaga Bentonites are listed here as one entry.]
/First Cheektowaga Bentonite (NY)
/Second Cheektowaga Bentonite (NY)
[Two names should not be derived from the same geographic feature (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021).]
Geologic age:
Early Devonian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type localities in the Federal Crushed Stone Company quarry, 500 Como Park Blvd., Cheektowaga, Erie Co., NY (Conkin, 1987).
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin
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 ( ).
Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).