Usage:
Fitch Formation (ME*,MA*,NH*,VT)
Fitch Formation of Bolton Group (CT*)
Geologic age:
late Silurian to Early Devonian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from G.E. Fitch Farm, 2 miles northwest of Littleton, Grafton Co., NH (Billings and Cleaves, 1933).
AAPG geologic province:
New England province*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).
Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).