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Geologic Unit: Dadeville

Usage:

Dadeville Complex (AL*,GA*)


Subunits:

Agricola Schist (AL*), Ropes Creek Amphibolite (AL*,GA*), Waresville Schist (AL*,GA*), Waverly Gneiss (AL*), Camp Hill Gneiss (AL*), Chattasofka Creek Gneiss (AL*), and Rock Mills Granite Gneiss (AL)


Geologic age:

Paleozoic, early*


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

Named from town of Dadeville, Tallapoosa Co., east-central AL (Bentley and Neathery, 1970).


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 ([ ]).