Sixtown Creek - Thrust Fault
Sixtown Creek - Thrust Fault
Located in Allegany County
Image courtesy of Gerald Smith
Type: Creekside.
Features: Caneadea Formation; Thrusting; Displays offshore & nearshore depositional environments that were frequently impacted by storms; Syndepositional fault activity.
Feature Type: Structural.
Reference: NYS Geological Association Field Trip Guidebook, 71st Annual Meeting 1999; Structure and Upper Devonian Stratigraphy in the Appalachian Plateau of Allegany County, New York State, Including the Clarendon-Linden Fault System.
For online reference please visit - www.nysga.net/Guidebooks.html
Quadrangle: Houghton.
Reason for Designation: Unique and Scenic.