Usage:
Gothards Creek Gneiss (GA*)
Geologic age:
Mesoproterozoic(?) to early Silurian(?)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: exposures extending for about 150 m (about 500 ft) west of GA Highway 92, along the powerline, north of where the highway crosses Gothards Creek, about 4 km (about 2.5 mi) north of Douglasville, Nebo 7.5-minute quadrangle, Douglas Co., GA (Crawford and others, in press).
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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