Usage:
Hitt Mountain Alkali Feldspar Syenite of Robertson River Igneous Suite (VA*)
Geologic age:
Neoproterozoic*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Series of small outcrops on southwest slope of Hitt Mountain west of VA Highway 607, approx. 1.4 km (0.9 mi) northeast of intersection of VA Highways 607 and 606, Brightwood 7.5-min quadrangle, northern VA (Tollo, 1994).
AAPG geologic province:
Piedmont-Blue Ridge province*
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