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Geologic Unit: Hollis

Usage:

Hollis Quartzite of Pine Mountain Group (AL*,GA)
Hollis Quartzite of Pine Mountain Group of Ocoee Supergroup (GA*)
Hollis Quartzite (AL*)


Geologic age:

Neoproterozoic to early Paleozoic*


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Exposures at and near Hollis, 5 mi southeast of Opelika, Lee Co., AL (Adams, 1926).


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.

"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).

Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).