Usage:
Pedlar River Charnockite Suite (VA)
Subunits:
Vesuvius megaporphyry (informal).
Geologic age:
Mesoproterozoic
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: Outcrop 400 m S. 10 deg W. of Hog Camp Gap where the Appalachian Trail reaches the crest of Cole Mountain, Lat. 37 deg. 45 min. 30 sec. N., Long. 79 deg. 11 min. 30 sec. W., Montebello 7.5-min quadrangle, Rockbridge Co., VA (Sinha and Bartholomew, 1984).
Named from Pedlar River, VA (Bartholomew and Lewis, 1984).
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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