Usage:
Crossing Knob Gneiss (NC)
Geologic age:
Mesoproterozoic
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Along Bethel Church Road, 0.5 mi south of its junction with U.S. Highway 321, on the west flank of Crossing Knob, Lat. 36 deg. 18 min. N., Long. 81 deg. 52 min. 30 sec. W., Sherwood quadrangle, Watauga Co., NC (Barholomew and Lewis, 1984).
AAPG geologic province:
Piedmont-Blue Ridge province
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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