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Geologic Unit: Cedar Mountain

Usage:

No current usage.
(†Cedar Mountain Conglomerate Member of †Bull Run Formation (VA) replaced with Mountain Run Member of Tibbstown Formation. See Mountain Run.)


Geologic age:

Triassic, Late
Jurassic, Early


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

Not designated. Named from exposures on Cedar Mountain, 14 km (8.7 mi) southwest of Culpeper, Culpeper Co., central VA (Lindholm, 1979).


AAPG geologic province:

Piedmont-Blue Ridge province
Culpeper basin


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 ([ ]).