Usage:
McKenzie Formation (VA*,MD*,PA*,WV*)
McKenzie Limestone (VA*,WV)
McKenzie Member of Mifflintown Formation (PA)
Subunits:
Rochester Member (WV).
Geologic age:
late Silurian (Ludlow)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Exposures 9 mi southwest of Cumberland, Allegany Co., northwestern MD. Named from McKenzie Station on the Baltimore and Ohio RR (Ulrich, 1911).
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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