Usage:
Highland Mills Member of Esopus Formation (NJ,NY)
Geologic age:
Early Devonian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: west side of Thruway cut at Highland Mills, Orange Co., southeastern NY. Member is known definitely only in this vicinity. Section is located on eastern side of Green Pond-Schunemunk Mountain outlier (Boucot, 1959).
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin
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