Usage:
Gasport Dolomite of Lockport Group (NY*)
Gasport Formation of Lockport Group (NY,OH)
Gasport Limestone of Lockport Group (NY)
Gasport Limestone Member of Lockport Dolomite (NY*)
Subunits:
Gothic Hill and Pekin Members (NY*)
Geologic age:
early Silurian (Wenlock)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from exposures at Gasport, Niagara Co., NY (Kindle, 1913).
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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