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Geologic units in Buckingham county, Virginia

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Interlayered Mafic and Felsic Metavolcanic Rocks - Quartzofeldspathic biotite gneiss (Cambrian) at surface, covers 11 % of this area

Interlayered Mafic and Felsic Metavolcanic Rocks - Quartzofeldspathic biotite gneiss

Lithology: biotite gneiss; schist; intermediate volcanic rock

Candler Formation - Phyllite and schist (Cambrian) at surface, covers 4 % of this area

Candler Formation - Phyllite in central Blue Ridge Anticlinorium; Phyllite, metasiltstone and quartz-mica schist in southwest Blue Ridge Anticlinorium

Lithology: phyllite; schist; metasedimentary rock

Buckingham Complex - Quarz diorite. (Proterozoic Z-Pennsylvanian) at surface, covers 0.2 % of this area

Buckingham Complex - Quarz diorite.

Lithology: quartz diorite

Columbia pluton (Ordovician) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Columbia pluton - Granite

Lithology: granite

Diana Mills Complex (Proterozoic Z-Pennsylvanian) at surface, covers 1 % of this area

Diana Mills Complex - Metamorphosed mafic and ultramafic rocks

Lithology: mafic gneiss; amphibolite

Metavolcanic and Metasedimentary Rocks - Greenstone or amphibole gneiss. (Cambrian) at surface, covers 0.9 % of this area

Metavolcanic and Metasedimentary Rocks - Greenstone or amphibole gneiss.

Lithology: greenstone; gneiss

Plagiogranite (Proterozoic) at surface, covers 0.1 % of this area

Plagiogranite

Lithology: granitoid

Alligator Back Formation - Actinolite schist (Proterozoic Z-Cambrian) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Alligator Back Formation - Actinolite schist

Lithology: schist

Candler Formation - Lmestone (Cambrian) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Candler Formation - Limestone.

Lithology: limestone; mudstone

Alligator Back Formation - Banded marble (Proterozoic Z-Cambrian) at surface, covers 0.2 % of this area

Alligator Back Formation - Banded marble

Lithology: marble; gneiss; schist

Interlayered Mafic and Felsic Metavolcanic Rocks - Amphibolite, hornblende-biotite gneiss, and schist. (Cambrian) at surface, covers 11 % of this area

Interlayered Mafic and Felsic Metavolcanic Rocks - Amphibolite, hornblende-biotite gneiss, and schist.

Lithology: amphibolite; biotite gneiss; schist

Newark Supergroup; Triassic Sandstone, Siltstone, and Shale (Upper Triassic) at surface, covers 2 % of this area

Interbedded sandstone, siltstone, and shale

Lithology: sandstone; siltstone; shale

Metagraywacke, Quartzose Schist, and Melange (Proterozoic Z-Cambrian) at surface, covers 37 % of this area

Metagraywacke, Quartzose Schist, and Melange - Meta-argillite is metagraywacke; quartzose schist

Lithology: meta-argillite; schist; melange

Buffards Formation (Ordovician) at surface, covers 0.9 % of this area

Buffards Formation - Micaceous conglomerate, schist, and phyllite.

Lithology: conglomerate; schist; phyllite

Arvonia Formation - Bremo quartzite. Quartzite (Ordovician) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Arvonia Formation - Bremo quartzite. Quartzite

Lithology: quartzite

Actinolite Schist Metabasalt (Proterozoic) at surface, covers 0.7 % of this area

Actinolite schist metabasalt

Lithology: meta-basalt

Interlayered Mafic and Felsic Metavolcanic Rocks - Foliated felsite (Cambrian) at surface, covers 1 % of this area

Interlayered Mafic and Felsic Metavolcanic Rocks - Foliated felsite

Lithology: felsic volcanic rock; schist; gneiss; breccia

Ultramafic Rocks (Proterozoic) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Ultramafic rocks as exotic blocks within melange units

Lithology: ultramafitite (komatiite)

Arvonia Formation - Slate and porphyroblastic schist (Ordovician) at surface, covers 7 % of this area

Arvonia Formation - Slate and porphyroblastic schist

Lithology: slate; schist

Arvonia Formation - Kyanite quartzite and schist. (Ordovician) at surface, covers 0.6 % of this area

Arvonia Formation - Kyanite quartzite and schist.

Lithology: quartzite; schist

Interlayered Mafic and Felsic Metavolcanic Rocks - Ferruginous quartzite (Cambrian) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Interlayered Mafic and Felsic Metavolcanic Rocks - Ferruginous quartzite

Lithology: quartzite

Mine Run Complex - Melange Zone III (Proterozoic Z-Ordovician) at surface, covers 1 % of this area

Mine Run Complex - Melange Zone III

Lithology: melange

Mylonite, Mylonite Gneiss, and Cataclastic Rocks (Proterozoic - Paleozoic ?) at surface, covers 0.5 % of this area

Mylonite, mylonite gneiss, and cataclastic rocks.

Lithology: mylonite; gneiss; cataclastite

Newark Supergroup; Breccia, mixed clasts (Upper Triassic) at surface, covers 1 % of this area

Breccia, mixed clasts

Lithology: breccia

Fork Mountain Formation (Proterozoic Z-Cambrian) at surface, covers 4 % of this area

Fork Mountain Formation - Quartzose mica schist, garnet-biotite gneiss, calc-silicate quartzite, and melange.

Lithology: mica schist; gneiss; quartzite; melange

Ultramafic Rocks (Proterozoic) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Ultramafic rocks

Lithology: ultramafitite (komatiite)

Alligator Back Formation - Feldspathic metagraywacke (Proterozoic Z-Cambrian) at surface, covers 1 % of this area

Alligator Back Formation - Meta-argillite is feldspathic metagraywacke; graphitic mica schist, and quartzite.

Lithology: meta-argillite; schist; quartzite; melange; marble; gneiss

Chopawamsic Formation - Interlayered felsic and mafic metavolcanic rocks (Cambrian) at surface, covers 6 % of this area

Chopawamsic Formation- Interlayered felsic and mafic metavolcanic rocks

Lithology: metavolcanic rock

Interlayered Mafic and Felsic Metavolcanic Rocks - Quartz-muscovite schist and gneiss. (Cambrian) at surface, covers 0.5 % of this area

Interlayered Mafic and Felsic Metavolcanic Rocks - Quartz-muscovite schist and gneiss.

Lithology: pelitic schist; gneiss

Buckingham Complex - Metamorphosed mafic and ultramafic rocks (Proterozoic Z-Pennsylvanian) at surface, covers 3 % of this area

Buckingham Complex - Metamorphosed mafic and ultramafic rocks

Lithology: metamorphic rock

Newark Supergroup; Breccia, mudstone clasts (Upper Triassic) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Breccia, mudstone clasts

Lithology: sedimentary breccia

Newark Supergroup; Conglomerate, carbonate clasts (Upper Triassic) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Conglomerate, carbonate clasts

Lithology: conglomerate

Carysbrook Pluton (Proterozoic) at surface, covers 1 % of this area

Carysbrook pluton - Granite.

Lithology: granite

Metavolcanic and Metasedimentary Rocks - Felsic metatuff, mica schist, and gneiss. (Cambrian) at surface, covers 0.5 % of this area

Metavolcanic and Metasedimentary Rocks - Felsic metatuff, mica schist, and gneiss.

Lithology: felsic metavolcanic rock; mica schist; gneiss