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Geologic Unit: Jameco

Usage:

Jameco Gravel (NY*,RI*,MA*)
Jameco Formation (MA*,RI*)


Geologic age:

Quaternary*
Pleistocene*
Wisconsinan*


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

Jameco pumping station of Brooklyn Water Works, a few mi south of Jameco, NY, where borings revealed beds (Veatch, 1903).


AAPG geologic province:

Atlantic Coast 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 ([ ]).