Usage:
Massanutten Sandstone (VA*)
Geologic age:
Silurian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Burners Gap, 3 mi N. 25 deg W. of Hamburg, Page Co., VA. Unit is named from Massanutten Mountain, in Rockingham, Shenandoah, and Page Cos. Occurs only in Massanutten Mountain area (Darton, 1892).
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.
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