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Geologic units containing tectonite

Earth material
Tectonite
A rock whose fabric reflects the history of its deformation.
Subtopics:
Tectonic mélange
Tectonic breccia
Cataclasite
Phyllonite
Mylonite
Flaser gneiss
Augen gneiss

Nevada - Virginia - Wyoming
Nevada
Breccia (Middle Eocene to Early Pliocene)
BRECCIA-Volcanic, thrust, and jasperoid breccia and landslide megabreccia
Virginia
Quartzite and Quartz-Sericite Tectonite (Proterozoic Y)
Quartzite and quartz-sericite tectonite
Wyoming
Shear zone (Archean)

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