Usage:
Edinburg Formation (VA*,WV?)
Subunits:
(alphabetical) --all in VA: Lantz Mills lithofacies (informal), Liberty Hall lithofacies (informal), St. Luke Member.
Geologic age:
Late Ordovician (Mohawkian; Turinian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
1.5 mi N. 61 deg. E. of Edinburg, Shenandoah Co., western VA (Cooper and Cooper, 1946).
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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