Usage:
Ashe Formation (NC*,VA*)
Ashe Metamorphic Suite (NC,VA)
Ashe Formation of Lynchburg Group (VA)
Geologic age:
Neoproterozoic* (protolith age)
Paleozoic* (metamorphic age)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: along South Fork of New River, between bridge along NC Highway 163 and nonconformity at base of formation, 23.7 km north-northeast along Ashe-Alleghany Co. line, Lat. 36 deg. 31 min. 20 sec. N., Long. 81 deg. 19 min. 50 sec. W. Named from Ashe Co., northwestern NC (Rankin, 1970).
AAPG geologic province:
Piedmont-Blue Ridge province*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).
Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).