Usage:
Farmville Metagranite of Opelika Complex (AL*)
Geologic age:
Ordovician*
Silurian*
Devonian*
Devonian, Late
Acadian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Extensive pavement outcrops along and directly beneath the bridge over Sougahatchee Creek, in SW/4 sec. 18, T. 19 N., R. 25 E., Lee Co., east-central AL. Named from Farmville City where it is well exposed along AL Highway 147, across from Farmville Church (Steltenpohl and others, 1990).
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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