Usage:
Lowville Limestone of Black River Group (NY*,PA*,VT)
Lowville Limestone (MD*,VA*,WV*)
Lowville Formation of Black River Group (NY,VT)
Subunits:
(alphabetical): Barriefield Hill Metabentonite [Bed] (NY), House Creek Member (NY), Sawyer Bay Member (VT,NY),
Geologic age:
Late Ordovician (Mohawkian; Turinian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Notable exposures at Lowville, Lewis Co., NY (Clarke and Schuchert, 1899).
AAPG geologic province:
Adirondack uplift
Appalachian 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 ([ ]).