/Little River Gneiss (VA*)
Mesoproterozoic*
Well exposed along eastern side of VA Highway 102 just south of County Road 619W and in quarry on east side of VA Highway 8, approx 1.1 mi south of Little River Bridge at Floyd-Montgomery Co. line, southwestern VA (Dietrich, 1959).
Piedmont-Blue Ridge province*
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