Usage:
Flatbrookville Member of New Scotland Formation of Helderberg Group (NJ*,NY*,PA*)
Geologic age:
Early Devonian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: about 3.5 mi northeast of Flatbrookville, in woods and along northeast side of Flatbrookville-Wallpack Center Road, 3.2 mi (road distance) from intersection with Trans-Kittatinny Road joining it from the southeast, near southern edge of Lake Maskenozha 7.5-min quadrangle [approx. Lat. 41 deg. 07.7 min. N., Long. 74 deg. 54.86 min. W., Sussex Co., NJ (A.G. Harris, written commun., ca. 1995)]. Named from Flatbrookville, Sussex Co., NJ (Epstein and others, 1967).
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin*
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