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Geologic units in Taliaferro county, Georgia

Biotite Granite Gneiss/ Feldspathic Biotite Gneiss/ Amphibolite Hornblende Gneiss (Precambrian-Paleozoic) at surface, covers 11 % of this area

Biotite Granite Gneiss/ Feldspathic Biotite Gneiss/ Amphibolite Hornblende Gneiss

Lithology: granitic gneiss; biotite gneiss; amphibolite

Granite Gneiss/ Granite (Precambrian-Paleozoic) at surface, covers 30 % of this area

Granite Gneiss/ Granite

Lithology: granitic gneiss; granite

Granite undifferentiated (Precambrian-Paleozoic) at surface, covers 3 % of this area

Granite undifferentiated

Lithology: granite

Granite/ granite gneiss (Precambrian-Paleozoic) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Granite/ granite gneiss

Lithology: granite; granitic gneiss

Biotitic Gneiss / Amphibolite (Precambrian-Paleozoic) at surface, covers 10 % of this area

Biotitic Gneiss / Amphibolite

Lithology: biotite gneiss; amphibolite

Sericite Schist/ Micaceous Quartzite/ Sericite Phyllite (Precambrian-Paleozoic) at surface, covers 2 % of this area

Sericite Schist/ Micaceous Quartzite/ Sericite Phyllite

Lithology: schist; quartzite; phyllite

Amphibolite/ Epidote Quartzite/ Granite Gneiss (Precambrian-Paleozoic) at surface, covers 4 % of this area

Amphibolite/ Epidote Quartzite/ Granite Gneiss

Lithology: amphibolite; quartzite; granitic gneiss

Quartz Sericite Schist/ Biotitic Gneiss (Precambrian-Paleozoic) at surface, covers 0.5 % of this area

Quartz Sericite Schist/ Biotitic Gneiss

Lithology: schist; biotite gneiss

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

Mica Schist/ Gneiss/ Amphibolite

Lithology: mica schist; gneiss; amphibolite

Amphibolite/ Biotitic Gneiss/ Quartz Sericite Schist (Precambrian-Paleozoic) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Amphibolite/ Biotitic Gneiss/ Quartz Sericite Schist

Lithology: amphibolite; biotite gneiss; schist

Sericite Schist/ Amphibolite (Precambrian-Paleozoic) at surface, covers 0.3 % of this area

Sericite Schist/ Amphibolite

Lithology: schist; amphibolite

Biotite Gneiss/ Feldspathic Biotite Gneiss (Precambrian-Paleozoic) at surface, covers 1 % of this area

Biotite Gneiss/ Feldspathic Biotite Gneiss

Lithology: biotite gneiss; felsic gneiss

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

Mica Schist

Lithology: mica schist

Ultramafic rocks undifferentiated (Precambrian-Paleozoic) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Ultramafic rocks undifferentiated

Lithology: ultramafic intrusive rock

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

Granitic Gneiss undifferentiated

Lithology: granitic gneiss

Quartzite/ Mica Schist (Precambrian-Paleozoic) at surface, covers 0.4 % of this area

Quartzite/ Mica Schist

Lithology: quartzite; mica schist

Hornblende Gneiss/ Amphibolite/ Granite Gneiss (Precambrian-Paleozoic) at surface, covers 1 % of this area

Hornblende Gneiss/ Amphibolite/ Granite Gneiss

Lithology: gneiss; amphibolite; granitic gneiss

Felsic Metavolcanics (Precambrian-Paleozoic) at surface, covers 6 % of this area

Felsic Metavolcanics

Lithology: felsic metavolcanic rock

Quartz Mica Schist/ Hornblende Schist/ Biotitic Gneiss (Precambrian-Paleozoic) at surface, covers 8 % of this area

Quartz Mica Schist/ Hornblende Schist/ Biotitic Gneiss

Lithology: mica schist; amphibole schist; biotite gneiss

Granite Gneiss/ Amphibolite (Precambrian-Paleozoic) at surface, covers 21 % of this area

Granite Gneiss/ Amphibolite

Lithology: granitic gneiss; amphibolite