Usage:
Canton Formation of New Georgia Group (GA)
(†Canton Formation of †New Georgia Group abandoned by the USGS.)
Subunits:
Proctor Creek Member, Palmer Creek Member, Chestatee Member, Helen Member (German, 1985).
Geologic age:
Neoproterozoic and/or early Paleozoic
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type area: exposures near Canton, in southwest part of Tate quadrangle, Cherokee Co., GA (Bayley, 1928).
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 ([ ]).