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  • Usage in publication:
    • Air Point granite
  • Modifications:
    • Areal extent
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Appalachian basin
Publication:

Furcron, A.S., 1934, Igneous rocks of the Shenandoah National Park area: Journal of Geology, v. 42, no. 4, p. 400-410.


Summary:

Pg. 407-410. Air Point granite was named by Jonas, from Air Point on Bent Mountain, Roanoke County, [south-central] Virginia. Is widespread in Park area. [Type locality not designated.] Is probably youngest intrusive in district, except some dikes, and is believed to be younger than Old Rag granite. [Age is Precambrian.]

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 19).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Air Point granite
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Granite
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Appalachian basin
Publication:

Jonas, A.I., 1934, Granodiorite, its intrusion and replacement by the Air Point granite in Virginia [abs.]: Geological Society of America Proceedings, 1933, p. 88., See also GSA Bull., v. 44, p. 29-30, 1934


Summary:

Pg. 29-30. Air Point granite. Pink, orthoclase-microcline granite that intrudes granodiorite in Virginia Blue Ridge region. Age is Precambrian, as Lower Cambrian sediments contain fragments of it.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 19).


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

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