Usage:
Oventop Suite (VA)
Geologic age:
Mesoproterozoic
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Exposure along Virginia State Road 635, 1 mi west of Hume, Lat. 38 deg. 50 min. N., Long. 78 deg. 02 sec. W., Flint Hill 7.5-min quadrangle, Fauquier Co., VA. Named from Oventop Mountain (Bartholomew and Lewis, 1984).
AAPG geologic province:
Piedmont-Blue Ridge province
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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