Usage:
Pamelia Limestone of Black River Group (NY*)
Pamelia Formation of Black River Group (NY)
Pamelia Dolostone of Black River Group (NY)
Subunits:
Pittsburgh Quarry Bed (NY).
Geologic age:
Late Ordovician (Mohawkian; Turinian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from exposures at Pamelia, Jefferson Co., NY (H.P., Cushing, 1908, GSA Bull., v. 19, p. 155+; US geologic names lexicon, USGS Bull. 896).
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin*
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 ([ ]).