Usage:
No current usage?
(†Roan Gneiss (GA,NC,SC,TN) considered abandoned? Uncertain if used by GA, NC, SC, and TN Geol. Surveys. Not used by the USGS.)
Geologic age:
Precambrian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not designated. Named from development on Roan Mountain, Carter Co., northeastern TN (Keith, 1903).
AAPG geologic province:
Piedmont-Blue Ridge province
Appalachian basin
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 ([ ]).