Usage:
Danburg granite [informal] (GA)
Danburg pluton [informal] (GA)
Considered informal by the USGS. For informal usage, the rank or lithologic term should not be capitalized.
Geologic age:
Paleozoic
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Occupies about 50 sq mi in northeastern Wilkes Co. and northwestern Lincoln Co., east-central GA. Named from Danburg, Wilkes Co., GA (Hurst and others, 1966).
AAPG geologic province:
Piedmont-Blue Ridge province
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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