Usage:
Hiwassee River Group (NC,GA)
Subunits:
(ascending) Nantahala Formation, Brasstown Formation, and Murphy Marble
Geologic age:
Precambrian(?)
Proterozoic, Late(?)
Cambrian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type area: outcrops along Hiwassee River, near Murphy, NC (Tull and others, 1991).
AAPG geologic province:
Piedmont-Blue Ridge province
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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