Usage:
Cossayuna Group (NY)
Subunits:
(alphabetical) --all in NY: Austerlitz Phyllite, Curtis Mountain Quartzite.
Geologic age:
Early Cambrian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not stated. Cossayuna is in Washington Co., east-central NY (Fisher and others, 1961).
AAPG geologic province:
New England province
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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