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Geologic Unit: Hutchinson River

Usage:

Hutchinson River Group (NY*,CT*)


Subunits:

Hartland Formation (NY*,CT*), and its Pelham Bay Member (NY*), Harrison Gneiss (NY*, CT*)


Geologic age:

Cambrian, Early*
Cambrian, Middle*
Cambrian, Late*
Ordovician, Early*
Ordovician, Middle*


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Type area: terrane traversed by the Hutchinson River, which flows from Scarsdale, Westchester Co., to Eastchester Bay, Bronx Co., NY (Baskerville, 1982).


AAPG geologic province:

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 ([ ]).