Usage:
Bassett Formation (VA)
Geologic age:
Neoproterozoic to Cambrian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: along Smith River between Firestone and North Bassett in Martinsville West and Bassett quadrangles; on both sides of river along VA Highway 57 between Rock Run and Blackberry Creek, Henry Co., VA. Named from exposures at Bassett (Conley and Henika, 1973).
AAPG geologic province:
Piedmont-Blue Ridge province
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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