Usage:
Rathbun Member of Shoreham Formation of Trenton Group (NY)
Rathbun Member of Sugar River Limestone of Trenton Group (NY)
Geologic age:
Late Ordovician (Mohawkian)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: on Rathbun Brook, a tributary of West Canada Creek, 1.5 mi northwest of Newport, Herkimer Co., east-central NY (Kay, 1943).
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin
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