Usage:
Watauga River Gneiss of Forge Creek Suite (NC,TN)
Geologic age:
Mesoproterozoic
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Along Bethel Church Road, 0.5 mi north of where it crosses the Watauga River, Lat. 36 deg. 17 min. N., Long. 81 deg. 52 min. W., Sherwood quadrangle, Watauga Co., NC (Bartholomew and Lewis, 1984).
AAPG geologic province:
Piedmont-Blue Ridge province
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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