Usage:
South Goucher Metapyroxenite of Hammett Grove Meta-Igneous Suite (SC)
Geologic age:
Paleozoic, middle
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
One-meter-high exposure on south side of Cherokee County Road 229 (Soap Stone Road) northwest of Pacolet Mills, 7.49 km N. 5 deg. E. of the intersection of U.S. Highway 176 and SC Highway 150, Pacolet, SC. Named from South Goucher Creek (Mittwede, 1989).
AAPG geologic province:
Piedmont-Blue Ridge province
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