Usage:
Dan River Group of Newark Supergroup (NC*)
Subunits:
Pine Hall Formation*, Cow Branch Formation*, Stoneville Formation*
Geologic age:
Triassic, Late*
Carnian
Norian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type area: Dan River basin, Stokes and Rockingham Cos., NC (Thayer, 1970).
AAPG geologic province:
Piedmont-Blue Ridge province*
Davie County basin*
Dan River-Danville basin*
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 ([ ]).