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Geologic units in Cherokee county, South Carolina

Battleground Formation, Mafic to intermediate metavolcanic rocks (Neoproterozoic) at surface, covers 14 % of this area

Battleground Formation, Mafic to intermediate metavolcanic rocks

Lithology: mafic metavolcanic rock

Battleground Formation, Metasedimentary rocks, undivided (Neoproterozoic) at surface, covers 11 % of this area

Battleground Formation, Metasedimentary rocks, undivided: quartz-sericite schist/phyllite and interlayered quartzite, quartz-pebble conglomerate, high-alumina quartzite, and manganiferous schist

Lithology: schist; phyllite; quartzite; conglomerate

Sillimanite-mica schist and muscovite-biotite schist (Cambrian or Neoproterozoic) at surface, covers 18 % of this area

Sillimanite-mica schist and muscovite-biotite schist: thin to thick layered sillimanite-mica schist and sillimanite-bearing muscovite-biotite schist

Lithology: mica schist

Mica Schist (Cambrian/Late Proterozoic) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Mica Schist - Garnet, staurolite, kyanite, or sillimanite occur locally; lenses and layers of quartz schist, micaceous quartzite, calc-silicate rock, biotite gneiss, amphibolite, and phyllite.

Lithology: mica schist; quartzite; calc-silicate rock; biotite gneiss; amphibolite; phyllite

Metatrondhjemite (Neoproterozoic) at surface, covers 3 % of this area

Metatrondhjemite

Lithology: trondhjemite

Cherryville Granite (Mississippian) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Cherryville Granite (351 my) - massive to weakly foliated; contains pegmatites.

Lithology: granite; pegmatite

Biotite gneiss and muscovite-biotite gneiss (Cambrian or Neoproterozoic) at surface, covers 18 % of this area

Biotite gneiss and muscovite-biotite gneiss: layered biotite-quartz-feldspar gneiss

Lithology: biotite gneiss

Hammett Grove Meta-igneous Suite - metagabbro (Paleozoic or Neoproterozoic) at surface, covers 0.2 % of this area

Hammett Grove Meta-igneous Suite - metagabbro

Lithology: gabbro

Battleground Formation, Felsic metavolcanic rocks (Neoproterozoic) at surface, covers 3 % of this area

Battleground Formation, Felsic metavolcanic rocks

Lithology: felsic metavolcanic rock

Toluca Granite and associated metagranites (Ordovician) at surface, covers 0.7 % of this area

Toluca Granite and associated metagranites: weakly to strongly foliated, garnet-bearing, metamorphosed monzogranite to granodiorite; ranges from equigranular and medium-grained to inequigranular having coarse microcline megacrysts

Lithology: granitic gneiss

Metatonalite (Neoproterozoic) at surface, covers 0.9 % of this area

Metatonalite: metamorphosed biotite tonalite and lesser amounts of hornblende tonalite, trondhjemite, and granodiorite

Lithology: tonalite; trondhjemite; granodiorite

Metamorphosed granite and granodiorite (Cambrian or Neoproterozoic) at surface, covers 2 % of this area

Metamorphosed granite and granodiorite

Lithology: granite; granodiorite

Metagabbro and minor metadiorite (Middle Paleozoic to Neoproterozoic) at surface, covers 2 % of this area

Metagabbro and minor metadiorite

Lithology: gabbro

Biotite metatonalite and granodiorite (Early Paleozoic-Neoproterozoic) at surface, covers 1 % of this area

Biotite metatonalite and granodiorite

Lithology: tonalite; granodiorite

Amphibolite and amphibolite gneiss (Paleozoic to Neoproterozoic) at surface, covers 0.4 % of this area

Amphibolite and amphibolite gneiss

Lithology: amphibolite; gneiss

Biotite Gneiss and Schist (Cambrian/Late Proterozoic) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Biotite Gneiss and Schist - inequigranular, locally abundant potassic feldspar and garnet; interlayered and gradational with calc-silicate rock, sillimanite-mica schist, mica schist, and amphibolite. Contains small masses of granitic rock.

Lithology: biotite gneiss; mica schist; amphibolite; calc-silicate rock; granite

Battleground Formation (Late Proterozoic) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Battleground Formation - quartz-sericite schist with metavolcanic rock, quartz-pebble metaconglomerate, kyanite-sillimanite quartzite, and garnet-quartz rock.

Lithology: schist; metavolcanic rock; metasedimentary rock; quartzite; granofels

Granite- Cherryville pluton (Carboniferous to Permian) at surface, covers 3 % of this area

Granite- Cherryville pluton

Lithology: granite

Amphibolite and interlayered biotite gneiss, hornblende gneiss and minor mica schist (Cambrian or Neoproterozoic) at surface, covers 0.5 % of this area

Amphibolite and interlayered gneiss, hornblende gneiss and minor mica schist

Lithology: amphibolite; gneiss; schist

Granite- Bald Rock pluton (Carboniferous to Permian) at surface, covers 8 % of this area

Granite- Bald Rock pluton

Lithology: granite

Battleground Formation, Schistose to phyllitic volcaniclastic rocks (Neoproterozoic) at surface, covers 6 % of this area

Battleground Formation, Schistose to phyllitic volcaniclastic rocks

Lithology: metavolcanic rock

Hammett Grove Meta-igneous Suite - ultramafic rocks (Paleozoic or Neoproterozoic) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Hammett Grove Meta-igneous Suite - ultramafic rocks: metamorphosed ultramafic rocks: hornblendite, pyroxenite, serpentinite and talc schist

Lithology: ultramafic intrusive rock; hornblendite; pyroxenite; serpentinite; schist

Blacksburg Formation (Cambrian/Late Proterozoic) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Blacksburg Formation - sericite schist, locally with graphite, phyllite with sericite quartzite, banded marble, amphibolite, and minor calc-silicate rock.

Lithology: schist; phyllite; quartzite; marble; amphibolite; calc-silicate rock

Ultramafic rock (Paleozoic or Neoproterozoic) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Ultramafic rock

Lithology: ultramafic intrusive rock

Pacolet granite (Devonian) at surface, covers 3 % of this area

Pacolet granite

Lithology: granite

Blacksburg Formation (Neoproterozoic) at surface, covers 5 % of this area

Blacksburg Formation: metamorphosed sedimentary sequence of interlayered sericite schist and phyllite, sericite quartzite, marble, amphibolite and calc-silicate rock

Lithology: schist; phyllite; quartzite; marble; amphibolite; calc-silicate rock