Geologic Unit: Pekin
Usage:
Pekin Member of Gasport Dolomite (NY*)
Geologic age:
early Silurian (Wenlock)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Roadcut on Route 429 at the overpass of Upper Mountain Road, village of Pekin, Ransomville quadrangle, Niagara Co., NY (Brett and others, 1995).
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin*