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  • Usage in publication:
    • Neapsco Run diorite
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Diorite
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Piedmont-Blue Ridge province
Publication:

Lonsdale, J.T., 1927, Geology of the gold-pyrite belt of the northeastern Piedmont, Virginia: Virginia Geological Survey Bulletin, no. 30, 110 p.


Summary:

Probably named for Neabsco Run [misspelled as Neapsco in report]. report. Occurs along Neabsco Run 1 mi northeast of Minnieville P.O. and 5 mi northwest of Minnieville. Age is Precambrian or Cambrian.

Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).


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