Usage:
Snowden Member of Harpers Formation (VA*)
Geologic age:
Early(?) Cambrian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Exposure on U.S. Highway 501 in James River Gorge about 0.2 mi west of Snowden Post Office, Amherst Co., central VA (Bloomer and Werner, 1955).
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 ([ ]).