Usage:
Lake George Group (NY)
Subunits:
Eastern Adirondacks: Eagle Lake Gneiss, Paradox Lake, Treadway Mountain, Lake Durant, Springhill Pond, and Thunderbolt Mountain Formations; Southern Adirondacks: Sacandaga, Lake Durant, Tomany Mountain, Rooster Hill Gneiss, Peck Lake, Green Lake, Canada Lake Charnockite Gneiss, and Irving Pond Formations; Central Adirondacks (correlated with southern Adirondack sequence but not specifically assigned to the Lake George Group): Cedar River, Lake Durant, Blue Mountain Lake, and Little Moose Mountain Formations.
Geologic age:
Proterozoic
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type area: Exposures in the area north and west of Lake George, Warren Co., NY (Wiener and others, 1984).
AAPG geologic province:
Adirondack uplift
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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