Usage:
Kashong Shale of Hamilton Group (NY)
Kashong Shale Member of Moscow Formation (NY*)
Kashong Shale Member of Moscow Shale (NY*)
Geologic age:
late Middle Devonian (Givetian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: in Kashong Creek, on west side of Seneca Lake, Yates Co., central NY (Cooper, 1930; Oliver, 1982).
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin*
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 ([ ]).