The Geology of Virginia's Blue Ridge
 
    

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Swift Run Formation, Afton, Virginia

The Swift Run Formation is a discontinous unit exposed below the metabasalts of the ~570 Ma Catoctin Formation. In central and northern Virginia the Swift Run Fm is composed of arksoic sandstone and conglomerate and phyllitic mudstone. Exposed in Afton, Nelson County.

 
    

APPALACHIAN PLATEAU | VALLEY & RIDGE | BLUE RIDGE | PIEDMONT | COASTAL PLAIN
 

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