Usage:
Minisink Limestone of Helderberg Group (NJ*,NY,PA*)
Geologic age:
Early Devonian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: in roadcut on southwest side of U.S. Interstate 80, about 0.4 mi southwest of Minisink Hills, PA. Named from village of Minisink Hills, Stroudsburg quadrangle, northeastern PA (Epstein and others, 1967).
Reference section (=type section for Maskenozha and Flatbrookville Members of New Scotland Formation): 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 (Epstein and others, 1967).
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin*
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