Oriskany Formation
The Oriskany Sandstone is a Middle Devonian age unit of sedimentary rock found in eastern North America. The type locality of the unit is located at Oriskany Falls in New York. The Oriskany Sandstone extends throughout much of the Appalachian Basin.
The unit name usage by the U.S. Geological Survey is the Oriskany Sandstone.
Butts stated that the Oriskany Sandstone "corresponds exactly with the Ridgely Sandstone" and that the rules of stratigraphic nomenclature dictate that the name Oriskany Sandstone should be applied to these strata.Geographic extent
Appalachian Basin: New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Maryland, Virginia, KentuckyFossils
Devonianshallow marineOil, gas, glass sand
