Usage:
Maskenozha Member of New Scotland Formation of Helderberg Group (NJ*,NY*,PA*)
Geologic age:
Early Devonian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: about 3.5 mi northeast of Flatbrookville, NJ, in woods and along northeast side of Flatbrookville-Wallpack Center Road, 3.2 mi (road distance) from intersection with Trans-Kittatinny Road joining it from the southeast, Lake Maskenozha quadrangle. Named from Lake Maskenozha, PA, 5.5 mi to northwest (Epstein and others, 1967).
Reference section: on northeast bank of Brodhead Creek at Minisink Hills, Stroudsburg quadrangle, PA (Epstein and others, 1967).
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin*
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