Hamden limestone (informal, unranked) in Allegheny Formation (OH)
Informal. The rank or lithologic term should not be capitalized.
Pennsylvanian
Not designated. Named from its occurrence at stratigraphic horizon of Hamden iron ore of southern Vinton and northern Jackson Cos., southeastern OH (Stout, 1918).
Appalachian basin
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