Vernon Shale (NYSv;2)

State	New York
Name	Vernon Shale
Geologic age	Upper Silurian
Original map label	Sv
Comments	part of Cobleskill Limestone and Salina Group 0-700 ft. (0-210 m) Secondary unit description from USGS website (ref. NY046) and reference NY030: Vernon Formation of Salina Group contains at least four eurypterid-bearing black shale horizons in western NY here described as lowermost(?) Harris Hill Bed (new name) at East Penfield, and Monroeav (new name), Pittsford (revised), and Barge Canal (new name) Beds at Pittsford, NY. Beds vary in thickness from approximately 1 ft for the Harris Hill to 7 ft for the Monroeav Bed. A thin dolomitic interval in the type area of the Vernon Formation in central NY containing eurypterids and fish remains is here named the Downing Brook Bed (Ciurca, 1990).
Primary rock type	shale
Secondary rock type	black shale
Other rock types
Lithologic constituents	Major Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale Minor Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale > Black-shale
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. Ciurca, S.J., Jr., 1990, Eurypterid biofacies of the Silurian-Devonian evaporite sequence; Niagara Peninsula, Ontario, Canada, and New York, IN Lash, G.G., ed., Western New York and Ontario; field trip guidebook: New York State Geological Association Guidebook, no. 62, 62nd Annual Meeting, Fredonia, NY, p.Sat/Sun D1-D30. USGS Geologic Names Lexicon (GEOLEX) [http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Geolex/]
Geographic coverage	Cayuga - Herkimer - Madison - Monroe - Oneida - Onondaga - Ontario - Wayne