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Geologic Unit: Amissville

Usage:

Amissville Alkali Feldspar Granite of Robertson River Igneous Suite (VA*)


Geologic age:

Neoproterozoic*


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Type locality: series of roadcuts on U.S. Highway 211 at intersection with VA Highway 640, 4.3 km (2.7 mi) west of Amissville, Massies Corner 7.5-min quadrangle, northern VA (Tollo, 1994).


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 ([ ]).