The Forge Creek Suite is here named in the Watauga massif in the Blue Ridge in TN, NC, and VA. It contains the Watauga River Gneiss in TN and NC, and the Comers and Grayson Gneisses in VA. Biotite dioritoid forms the coarse-grained Grayson Gneiss core facies. Medium-grained biotite granitoid forms the marginal Comers Gneiss facies. This facies is gradational into granitoid of the Watauga River Gneiss. Age is Middle Proterozoic based on Rb-Sr ages.
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).
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