Usage:
Paxton Group (CT*,MA*,ME*,NH*)
Paxton Formation (CT*,MA*,NH*)
Subunits:
Dudley (MA*,CT*) and Southbridge (MA*,CT*) Formations of Paxton Group; Bigelow Brook Member (MA*) of Paxton Formation.
Geologic age:
Neoproterozoic*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type area: West of Worcester, in the western part of the Worcester North and Worcester South 7.5-min quadrangles Named from town of Paxton, Worcester Co., central MA (Perry and Emerson, 1903).
Reference section: type sections of Dudley and Southbridge Formations (Barosh and Moore, 1988).
AAPG geologic province:
New England province*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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