Usage:
Valley View Member of Benner Formation (PA)
Valley View Member of Linden Hall Formation (PA)
Geologic age:
Late Ordovician (Mohawkian; Turinian)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
In quarry wall south of headframe of Bell Mine of American Lime and Stone Company at Bellfonte, Centre Co., PA. Unit named from hamlet 2 miles southwest of Bell Mine (Kay, 1943).
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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