Usage:
No current usage.
(†Rose Creek Schist Member of the Univeter Formation (GA) replaced with Ropes Creek Metabasalt. See Ropes Creek.)
Geologic age:
Neoproterozoic and/or early Paleozoic
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Exposures near Rose Creek Church, Kennesaw 7.5-min quadrangle, Cherokee Co., GA (McConnell and Abrams, 1984).
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 ([ ]).