Chauga River Formation (SC)
Brevard Phyllite Member (SC)
Neoproterozoic to Early Cambrian
Named from exposures along upper half of Chauga River, Oconee Co., northwestern SC (US geologic names lexicons, USGS Bull. 896, 1200).
Piedmont-Blue Ridge province
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