Nunda Formation, West Hill Formation (NYDwc;5)

State	New York
Name	Nunda Formation, West Hill Formation
Geologic age	Upper Devonian
Lithologic constituents	Major Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone Minor Sedimentary > Clastic > Siltstone Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale
Comments	part of West Falls Group 1100-1600 ft. (340-490 m). Second description from USGS Lexicon website (ref. NY046) and reference NY020: In western NY, the Nunda Member of the West Falls Formation generally includes two packets of sandstone beds--one at the base and one near the top. Total number of sandstone beds varies from one to eight and total thickness varies from 0 to 38 m. Authors include in the Nunda the intertonguing shales of the Angola for ease of analysis. Unit is most likely a submarine fan deposit as the sandstones are generally thick, massive to wavy/flaggy-bedded, have few primary sedimentary structures, terminate abruptly, and appear to have lobate forms (Jacobi and others, 1994).
References	Fisher, D.W., Isachsen, Y.W., and Rickard, L.V., 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 1:250,000. Jacobi, Robert, Gutmann, Michael, Piechocki, A.I., Singer, Jill, O'Connell, Suzanne and Mitchell, Charles, 1994, Upper Devonian turbidites in western New York; preliminary observations and implications, IN Landing, Ed, ed., Studies in stratigraphy and paleontology in honor of Donald W. Fisher: New York State Museum Bulletin, no. 481, p. 101-115. USGS Geologic Names lexicon found at: http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Geolex/ https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Geolex/search
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Counties	Chemung - Schuyler - Steuben - Tioga

State

New York

Name

Nunda Formation, West Hill Formation

Geologic age

Upper Devonian

Lithologic constituents

Major

Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone

Minor

Sedimentary > Clastic > Siltstone

Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale

Comments

part of West Falls Group 1100-1600 ft. (340-490 m). Second description from USGS Lexicon website (ref. NY046) and reference NY020: In western NY, the Nunda Member of the West Falls Formation generally includes two packets of sandstone beds--one at the base and one near the top. Total number of sandstone beds varies from one to eight and total thickness varies from 0 to 38 m. Authors include in the Nunda the intertonguing shales of the Angola for ease of analysis. Unit is most likely a submarine fan deposit as the sandstones are generally thick, massive to wavy/flaggy-bedded, have few primary sedimentary structures, terminate abruptly, and appear to have lobate forms (Jacobi and others, 1994).

References

Fisher, D.W., Isachsen, Y.W., and Rickard, L.V., 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 1:250,000.

Jacobi, Robert, Gutmann, Michael, Piechocki, A.I., Singer, Jill, O'Connell, Suzanne and Mitchell, Charles, 1994, Upper Devonian turbidites in western New York; preliminary observations and implications, IN Landing, Ed, ed., Studies in stratigraphy and paleontology in honor of Donald W. Fisher: New York State Museum Bulletin, no. 481, p. 101-115.

USGS Geologic Names lexicon found at: http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Geolex/

https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Geolex/search

NGMDB product

NGMDB product page for 98670

Counties

Chemung - Schuyler - Steuben - Tioga