Usage:
Forbes Hill Conglomerate (NY,VT*)
Forbes Hill Formation (NY)
/Forbes Hill Melange (NY,VT)
Geologic age:
Middle Ordovician*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
East of gravel road due east of Forbes Hill, town of West Haven, Rutland Co., west-central VT (Zen, 1961).
AAPG geologic province:
New England province*
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Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).