Usage:
No current usage.
(Rocks of †Hungerford Formation (VT), †Hungerford Slate of Woods Corners Group (VT), or †Hungerford Slate Member of Sweetsburg Formation (VT) reallocated to Skeels Corners Slate. See Skeels Corners.)
Geologic age:
Late Cambrian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type area: where Hungerford Brook crosses HIghgate Road, about 1.25 mi south of Highgate, Franklin Co., northwestern VT. Thick sections also found west of Georgia Center and in Milton Twp. (Schuchert, 1937).
AAPG geologic province:
New England province
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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