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Geologic Unit: Evington

Usage:

No current usage.
(Rocks of †Evington Group (VA*) reallocated to Alligator Back Formation of Lynchburg Group and Candler Formation. See Alligator Back and Candler.)


Geologic age:

Early Cambrian*


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

In vicinity of Evington, 11 mi southwest of Lynchburg, Lynchburg quadrangle, Campbell Co., south-central VA (Brown, 1953).


AAPG geologic province:

Piedmont-Blue Ridge province*


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 ( ).

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