Usage:
Finch Dolostone Member of Whitehall Formation (NY,VT)
Geologic age:
Late Cambrian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Ward Farm, 6.4 km north-northeast of intersection of U.S. Highway 4 and New York Highway 22 in Whitehall, Thorn Hill quadrangle, Washington Co., NY. Named from Finch Marsh, 3.7 km north-northeast of Whitehall (Fisher, 1977).
AAPG geologic province:
New England province
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