Usage:
No current usage.
(†Silver Creek Shale (NY-recognized locally in Chautauqua Co.) replaced with Hanover Shale. See Hanover.)
Geologic age:
Late Devonian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: [Lake Erie section], in Chautauqua Co., western NY (Luther, 1903).
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin
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 ([ ]).