Hook Mountain Basalt of Brunswick Group of Newark Supergroup (NJ*)
Hook Mountain Basalt of Newark Supergroup (NJ)
Jurassic, Early*
Hettangian*
Type section: Exposure along U.S. Interstate Highway I-80 and Hook Mountain Road through the southern end of Hook Mountain, near Pine Brook, Essex Co., NJ (Olsen, 1980).
Piedmont-Blue Ridge province*
Newark basin*
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