Mission Mountain Formation of Mineral Bluff Group (NC,GA)
Nottely Quartzite Member (NC,GA).
Cambrian(?)
Type locality (stratotype): Along Hiwassee River, approximately 1 km north of Brasstown, NC (Thompson and Tull, 1991). Named from exposures on northern slope of Mission Mountain near Peachtree, NC (Tull and others, 1991).
Piedmont-Blue Ridge province
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