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Geologic Unit: Owens Creek

Usage:

Owens Creek Member of Weverton Formation (MD*,VA*,WV*)


Geologic age:

Early Cambrian*


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Type section: Along State Route 550 and the Maryland Midland Railroad tracks 1.5 miles northwest of Thurmont, Frederick Co., MD (Brezinski, 1992).


AAPG geologic province:

Piedmont-Blue Ridge province*


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

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 ([ ]).