Usage:
No current usage.
(Rocks of †Oranda Formation (PA,VA,WV), or †Oranda Formation of Trenton Group (WV) reallocated to Stickley Run Member of Martinsburg Formation and Edinburg Formation (VA,WV), and to Martinsburg and Chambersburg Formations (PA). See Chambersburg, Edinburg, Martinsburg, and Stickley Run.)
Geologic age:
Late Ordovician (Mohawkian to Cincinnatian)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: along State Highway 55 about 2.7 mi S. 40 deg. W. of Oranda and somewhat less than 0.5 mi west of U.S. Route 11 in north environs of Strasburg, Shenandoah Co., north-central VA. Named from hamlet near Strasburg (Cooper and Cooper, 1946).
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin
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