Usage:
Cherry Valley Limestone Member of Marcellus Shale (MD*,NY*,OH,PA*,WV*)
Cherry Valley Limestone (PA)
Geologic age:
Middle Devonian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: Cox's Ravine, 0.75 mi northwest of Cherry Valley, Otsego Co., central NY (L.V. Rickard, 1952, Amer. Jour. Sci., v. 250, no. 7, p. 511-522).
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin*
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