Usage:
Evington Group (VA*)
(†Evington Group not used by the VA Geol. Survey; rocks included in Alligator Back Formation of Lynchburg Group and Candler Formation. See also Alligator Back and Candler.)
Subunits:
(alphabetical) --all in VA*: Archer Creek Formation, Candler Formation, Mount Athos Formation, Slippery Creek Greenstone.
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.
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