Cuyahoga and Knapp Formations (NYMp;4)

State	New York
Name	Cuyahoga and Knapp Formations
Geologic age	Lower Mississippian
Original map label	Mp
Comments	part of Pocono Group. Age changed to Upper Devonian to Lower Mississippian as per USGS Lexicon website (ref. NY046) and reference NY012.
Primary rock type	shale
Secondary rock type	sandstone
Other rock types	conglomerate
Lithologic constituents	Major Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale Minor Sedimentary > Clastic > Conglomerate
Map references	NYS Museum, NYS Geological Survey, NYS Museum Technology Center, 1999, 1:250,000 Bedrock geology of NYS, data is distributed in ARC/INFOr EXPORT format (with ".e00" extension) in 5 seperate files based on printed map sheets, http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/gis.html. [http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/gis.html.]
Unit references	D. W. Fisher; Y. W. Isachsen, L. V. Rickard, 1970, Geologic Map of New York State, consisting of 5 sheets: Niagara, Finger Lakes, Hudson-Mohawk, Adirondack, and Lower Hudson, New York State Museum and Science Service, Map and Chart Series No. 15, scale 1:250000. Feldmann, R.M., Hannibal, J.T., Mullett, D.J. and and others, 1992, The paleoecology of 'Echinocaris randallii' Beecher from Drake well, Titusville, Pennsylvania, IN Erickson, J.M., and Hoganson, J.W., eds., Proceedings of the F.D. Holland, Jr., geological symposium: North Dakota Geological Survey Miscellaneous Series, no. 76, p. 127-147. USGS Geologic Names Lexicon (GEOLEX) [http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Geolex/]
Geographic coverage	Cattaraugus - Chautauqua