Usage:
No current usage.
(†Denmark Formation, †Denmark Limestone, or †Denmark Member of Sherman Fall Formation, of Trenton Group (NY) considered abandoned.)
Geologic age:
Late Ordovician (Mohawkian)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Well displayed in Trenton Falls Gorge. Named from Denmark Twp., Lewis Co., NY (Kay, 1937).
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin
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