Usage:
Cranberry Gneiss of Elk Park Plutonic Suite (NC*,TN*)
Cranberry Suite of Elk Park Supersuite (NC)
Cranberry Gneiss of /Elk Park Plutonic Group (VA)
[A group name combines a geographic name with the term "group," and no lithic designation is included (ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021).]
Subunits:
Whaley Gneiss (NC).
Geologic age:
Mesoproterozoic*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Cranberry, Mitchell [now Avery] Co., western NC (Keith, 1903).
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 ([ ]).