Usage:
Holly Corner Gneiss of Fredericksburg Complex (VA*)
Holly Corner Gneiss (VA)
Geologic age:
Proterozoic, Late
Cambrian, Early*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type area: exposures along two small intermittent streams immediately south of Holly Corner that empty into Rappahanock River, Salem Church 7.5-min quadrangle, Stafford Co., eastern VA (Pavlides, 1980).
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 ( ).
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