Usage:
Gilboa Formation (NY*)
Gilboa Formation of Genesee Group (NY)
Subunits:
Grand Gorge Member (NY)
Geologic age:
Devonian, Middle
Devonian, Late*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: In west face of Reed Hill, Schoharie Valley. Best section at Intake Building and along road from this building, which connects with road to Hardenburg Falls and Grand Gorge [near southern end of Schoharie-Delaware Co. line]. (Cooper, 1934). Gilboa is name of town and Reservoir in Schoharie Co., east-central NY.
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin*
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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 ([ ]).