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Geologic Unit: Sangerville

Usage:

Sangerville Formation (ME*)


Subunits:

Moody Brook (ME), Berry Ledge (ME), Noyes Mountain (ME), Patch Mountain Limestone (ME*), Taylor Pond (ME), Thorncrag Hill (ME), Turner (ME), and Anasagunticook (ME) Members


Geologic age:

early Silurian (Wenlock)*


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Exposures on State Highway 23, between North Dexter and Sangerville, Guilford quadrangle, Piscataquis Co., ME (Ludman and Griffin, 1974).


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.

"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).

Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).