Usage:
High View Tongue of Shawangunk Formation (NY*)
Geologic age:
Silurian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: drift in the Shawangunk Mine, altitude 560 ft at base of Shawangunk Mountain, 2.3 mi northeast of Wurtsboro, NY. Unit named from High View, 2.5 mi south of the Shawangunk Mine, NY (Epstein, 1993).
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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 ([ ]).