Usage:
Venango Formation of Conewango Group (PA,NY)
Venango Formation (WV)
Venango group (informal) (PA-subsurface)
For informal usage, the rank or lithologic term should not be capitalized.
Subunits:
Panama Conglomerate Member, Bimber Run Conglomerate Member, North Warren Shale Member, Pope Hollow Conglomerate Member, and Woodcock Sandstone Member (PA)
Geologic age:
Late Devonian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type area: Venango Co., northwestern PA.
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 ([ ]).