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Geologic Unit: Striped Rock

Usage:

Striped Rock Granite (VA*)
Striped Rock Granite of Crossnore Complex (VA)
Striped Rock granite (VA) (informal)

For informal usage, the rank or lithologic term should not be capitalized.


Geologic age:

Neoproterozoic*


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Striped Rock, a smooth-faced cliff 300 ft high on spur of Point Lookout Mountain, Grayson Co., southwestern VA (Stose and Stose, 1957).


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 ([ ]).