Usage:
Flatiron Coquinite Member of Riceville Formation (PA)
Geologic age:
Late Devonian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Occurs in McKean and western Potter Cos., northwestern PA. Origin of name not stated, but probably named from Flat Iron Station near Olean, Rock City, Cattaraugus Co., NY (Willard, 1939).
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin
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