Usage:
Alum Phyllite (VA)
Geologic age:
Precambrian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from Alum Ridge district. Underlies a nearly 2-mi-wide belt that extends from near northwestern corner of Floyd Co., northeastward to Route 8, south-central VA (Dietrich, 1959).
AAPG geologic province:
Piedmont-Blue Ridge province
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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