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Geologic Unit: Doggett Gap

Usage:

/Doggett Gap Protomylonitic Granitoid Gneiss (NC)


Geologic age:

Mesoproterozoic


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

Roadside outcrops along NC Highway 63, from 0.4 mi west of Doggett Gap to 0.7 mi east of Doggett Gap, Sandymush quadrangle, Buncombe-Madison Co. line, NC (Merschat and Wiener, 1988).


AAPG geologic province:

Piedmont-Blue Ridge province


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

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