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.