Usage:
/South Amboy Fire Clay Member of Raritan Formation (NJ)
/South Amboy Fire Clay Member of Magothy Formation (NJ*)
[Use of simple lithic terms is preferred (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). Superfluous compound terms such as "stoneware clay" should be avoided. The simplest generally acceptable term is recommended (for example, clay) (NACSN, 1983, Art. 30b).]
Geologic age:
early Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
South Amboy, Middlesex Co., NJ (Cook and Smock, 1877).
AAPG geologic province:
Atlantic Coast 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 ([ ]).