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Geologic units in Habersham county, Georgia

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Tallulah Falls Formation, gneiss and schist (Neoproterozoic) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Tallulah Falls Formation, gneiss and schist: biotite-quartz-plagioclase gneiss interpreted to be metagraywacke, and interlayered biotite-muscovite schist, garnet-mica schist and amphibolite

Lithology: paragneiss; schist; amphibolite

Amphibolite (Precambrian-Paleozoic) at surface, covers 0.2 % of this area

Amphibolite

Lithology: amphibolite

Mica Schist/ Quartzite/ Gneiss/ Amphibolite (Precambrian-Paleozoic) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Mica Schist/ Quartzite/ Gneiss/ Amphibolite

Lithology: mica schist; quartzite; gneiss; amphibolite

Biotite Gneiss (Precambrian-Paleozoic) at surface, covers 5 % of this area

Biotite gneiss

Lithology: biotite gneiss

Hornblende Gneiss/ Amphibolite (Precambrian-Paleozoic) at surface, covers 2 % of this area

Hornblende Gneiss/ Amphibolite

Lithology: gneiss; amphibolite

Calcareous mica schist/ Micaceous marble/ Mica schist (Precambrian-Paleozoic) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Calcareous mica schist/ Micaceous marble/ Mica schist

Lithology: mica schist; marble

Biotitic Gneiss / Mica Schist/ Amphibolite (Precambrian-Paleozoic) at surface, covers 41 % of this area

Biotitic Gneiss / Mica Schist/ Amphibolite

Lithology: biotite gneiss; mica schist; amphibolite

Aluminous Schist (Precambrian-Paleozoic) at surface, covers 5 % of this area

Aluminous Schist

Lithology: schist

Metagraywacke/ Mica Schist (Precambrian-Paleozoic) at surface, covers 35 % of this area

Metagraywacke/ Mica Schist

Lithology: metasedimentary rock; mica schist

Granitic Gneiss undifferentiated (Precambrian-Paleozoic) at surface, covers 2 % of this area

Granitic Gneiss undifferentiated

Lithology: granitic gneiss

Ultramafic rocks undifferentiated (Precambrian-Paleozoic) at surface, covers 0.5 % of this area

Ultramafic rocks undifferentiated

Lithology: ultramafic intrusive rock

Quartzite (Precambrian-Paleozoic) at surface, covers 9 % of this area

Quartzite

Lithology: quartzite