Usage:
/Low-Water-Bridge Layered Gneiss (NC)
Geologic age:
Mesoproterozoic
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Outcrop 0.5 mi north along river road north of the intersection of North Carolina State Roads 1527 and 1510 on the southeast side of the low-water bridge over the Yadkin River, 0.5 mi south of Rockford, 36 16'N, 80 39'W, Copeland quadrangle, Surry Co., NC (Bartholomew and Lewis, 1984).
AAPG geologic province:
Piedmont-Blue Ridge province
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