Usage:
Dixon Gap Metaconglomerate Member of Battleground Formation (NC*,SC*)
Geologic age:
Neoproterozoic*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Exposures at the ridge crest of Kings Mountain at Dixon Gap, where secondary road 2245 crosses the ridge, Lat. 35 deg. 10 min. 27 sec. N., Long. 81 deg. 21 min. 46 sec. W., Cleveland Co., NC (Horton, 1984).
AAPG geologic province:
Piedmont-Blue Ridge province*
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