Usage:
Raspeburg Amphibolite of /Baltimore Mafic Complex (MD)
[Baltimore preoccupied. Name formally applied to Baltimore Gneiss by Williams and Darton (1892) in same area.]
Geologic age:
Cambrian(?)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Outcrops on Glenmount School property and abandoned quarry on west side of Bel Air Road, 400 m south of its intersection with Raspe Ave., Raspeburg section of Baltimore City, Baltimore Co., MD (Crowley, 1976).
AAPG geologic province:
Piedmont-Blue Ridge province
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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