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Geologic Unit: New Georgia

Usage:

New Georgia Group (GA)
(†New Georgia Group abandoned by the USGS.)


Subunits:

(alphabetical) --all in GA: Acworth Gneiss, Canton Formation, Kellogg Creek Mafic Complex, Laura Lake Mafic Complex, Pumpkinvine Creek Formation, Univeter Formation.


Geologic age:

Neoproterozoic and/or early Paleozoic


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

New Georgia, near Dallas, Paulding Co., GA (Abrams and McConnell, 1981).


AAPG geologic province:

Piedmont-Blue Ridge province


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 ([ ]).