Mount Rogers Formation of Crossnore Complex (NC*,TN*,VA*)
Fees Rhyolite Member (VA*), Buzzard Rock Member (VA*), Whitetop Rhyolite Member (VA*), Wilburn Rhyolite Member (VA*)
Neoproterozoic*
Occurs on Mount Rogers, highest peak in VA, located on Smyth-Grayson Co. line, 16.5 mi west of western boundary of Gossan lead district (Stose and Stose, 1944).
Piedmont-Blue Ridge province*
Appalachian basin*
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