Usage:
No current usage.
(Rocks of †Orfordville Formation (NH,VT) reallocated to Ammonoosuc Volcanics, Partridge Formation, and Quimby Formation. See Ammonoosuc, Partridge, and Quimby.)
Geologic age:
Ordovician
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: Mt. Cube area, Grafton Co., western NH. Named from village of Orfordville near center of Mt. Cube 15-min quadrangle, Grafton Co., western NH (Hadley, 1942).
AAPG geologic province:
New England province
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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