Usage:
Hoyt Dolomite (NY*,VT*)
Hoyt Dolomite of Saratoga Springs Group (NY)
Hoyt Limestone Member of Theresa Dolomite (NY*,VT*)
Geologic age:
Late Cambrian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Exposures at Hoyt's quarry, 3 miles west of Saratoga Springs, Saratoga Co., eastern NY. Named from Hoyt's quarry (Ulrich and Cushing, 1910).
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin*
New England province*
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 ([ ]).