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Geologic Unit: Holly Corner

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 ( ).

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