Usage:
Port Jervis Limestone of Helderberg Group (MD,NY,PA,VA,WV)
Port Jervis Limestone of Tristates Group (NY)
Geologic age:
Early Devonian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from occurrence at Port Jervis, Orange Co., southeastern NY (Chadwick, 1908)
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin
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