Usage:
Russell Mountain Formation (MA*,VT)
Geologic age:
Silurian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type area: 250 ft N. 30 deg. W. of intersection of Westfield corporate boundary and General Knox Road, on south end of Russell Mountain, Woronoco quadrangle, southwestern MA (Hatch and others, 1970).
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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