Usage:
Landes Limestone (WV)
Landes Limestone Member of Mahantango Formation (PA)
Geologic age:
late Middle Devonian (Givetian)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: occurs in public road along North Mill Creek, 0.2 mi north of Landes, southern Grant Co., WV (Reger, 1924).
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin
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