Usage:
Mines Dolomite Member of Gatesburg Formation (PA*,VA*,WV*)
Mines Member of Gatesburg Formation (PA)
Geologic age:
Late Cambrian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Exposures on north end of long ridge just southeast of Williamsburg, Blair Co., PA, northeast of old mining town called Mines (Butts, 1918).
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin*
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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 ([ ]).