Usage:
Rich Valley Formation (VA)
Geologic age:
Middle Ordovician
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: immediately south of Porterfield quarry and Worthy Mine of Mathieson Chemical Corp., about 7 mi east-southeast of Saltville on Maccrady quadrangle, Smyth Co., VA (Cooper, 1956).
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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