Usage:
No current usage.
(†Kings Mountain Group, †Kings Mountain series [informal], or †Kings Mountain Slates (NC,SC) abandoned. Divided into several formations, of which Kings Mountain Quartzite is one.)
Geologic age:
Precambrian and Cambrian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from development on Kings Mountain, in Cleveland and Gaston Cos., western NC (US geologic names lexicons, USGS Bull. 896, 1200).
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 ([ ]).