Usage:
Mill Creek Limestone (PA)
Geologic age:
Pennsylvanian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Outcrops along north side of Mill Creek near Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne Co., northeastern PA, near breast of Old Hallenback Dam, and about midway between River Street bridge and a bridge of Lehigh Valley RR that crosses creek at its mouth (Ashburner, 1886).
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin
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