Goat Island Formation

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Goat Island Formation
Stratigraphic range: Silurian
Medusaegraptus mirabilis (fossil green algae) (Goat Island Formation, Upper Silurian; Lafarge Gasport Quarry, New York State, USA) 3.jpg
Algae fossil from the Goat Island Formation (New York State)
Type Formation
Location
Region Ontario, New York (state)
Country Canada, United States

The Goat Island Formation is a geologic formation within the Appalachian Basin. It is a one of the formations that make up the Lockport Group of the Silurian period. [1]

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References

  1. Goat Island, USGS, National Geologic Map Database, Geolex — Unit Summary