Usage:
Lady Slipper Granulite Gneiss (VA)
Lady Slipper Gneiss (VA*)
Geologic age:
Mesoproterozoic*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: outcrop on U.S. Highway 60, 400 m east of its junction with the Blue Ridge Parkway, Lat. 37 deg. 44 min. 30 sec. N., Long. 79 deg. 18 min. [00 sec.] W., Buena Vista 7.5-min quadrangle, Rockbridge Co., VA. Origin of name not stated by authors (Sinha and Bartholomew, 1984).
AAPG geologic province:
Piedmont-Blue Ridge province*
Appalachian basin*
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 ([ ]).