Usage:
Earlies Gap Biotite Gneiss (NC)
Geologic age:
Mesoproterozoic
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Extensive roadside outcrop along south side of secondary road 1394, approx. 300 ft southwest of its junction with 1401, vicinity of Payne Chapel, Sandymush quadrangle, Buncombe Co., NC (Merschat and Wiener, 1988).
AAPG geologic province:
Piedmont-Blue Ridge province
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