Usage:
Bremo Formation (VA)
Bremo Quartzite Member of Arvonia Formation (VA)
Bremo quartzite (informal) in Arvonia Formation (VA)
For informal usage, the rank or lithologic term should not be capitalized.
Geologic age:
Ordovician
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Bremo Bluff, a prominent cliff of quartzite that rises 150 ft above floor of James River, at point just east of bridge over river on U.S. Highway 15, Fluvanna Co., VA. Named from Bremo Bluff (Stose and Stose, 1948).
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.
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