Usage:
Cid Formation of Albemarle Group (NC*)
Subunits:
Flat Swamp Member (NC*).
Geologic age:
Neoproterozoic to Early Cambrian(?)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Along Cid Road from 0.5 mi east of town of Jackson Creek west to west flank of Wildcat Mountain, Denton quadrangle, Randolph and Davidson Cos., central NC (Stromquist and Sundelius, 1969).
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 ([ ]).