Usage:
Ta River Metamorphic Suite of Fredericksburg Complex (VA*)
Ta River Metamorphic Suite (VA)
Geologic age:
Cambrian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type area: exposures of saprolite and fresh rock along VA Route 656, southeastern corner of Brokenburg quadrangle, Spotsylvania Co., eastern VA. Named from Ta River which intersects it (Pavlides, 1980).
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.
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