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Garnet-sillimanite-biotite schist; Middle Proterozoic Prichard Formation, northern Belt province

Precambrian high-grade metamorphic rock; metasediment; kyanite-sillimanite-garnet-mica coarse-grained schist and gneiss; minor quartzite
StateIdaho
NameGarnet-sillimanite-biotite schist; Middle Proterozoic Prichard Formation, northern Belt province
Geologic ageEarly Middle Proterozoic
Original map labelPC1; mig
CommentsY1nmh is mostly coarsely crystalline biotite schist +/- garnet and sillimanite, and minor biotitic quartzite
Primary rock typeschist
Secondary rock typegneiss
Other rock typesquartzite
Lithologic constituents
Major
Metamorphic > Schist (Amphibolite)garnet-sillimanite-biotite schist
Minor
Metamorphic > Quartzite (Amphibolite)biotitic quartzite
Metamorphic > Gneiss (Amphibolite)biotite gneiss
Map references
Bond, J.G., Kauffman, J.D., Miller, D.A., and Venkatakrishnan, Ramesh, 1978, Geologic map of Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology, with contributions from U.S. Geological Survey, scale 1:500,000.
Unit references
Bond, J.G., Kauffman, J.D., Miller, D.A., and Venkatakrishnan, Ramesh, 1978, Geologic map of Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology, with contributions from U.S. Geological Survey, scale 1:500,000.
Lewis, R.S., 2003, Unpublished report on IGS digital geologic maps in preparation, north-central Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, Idaho Geological Survey, 1:100,000 scale.
Heitanen, Anna, 1963, Metamorphism of the Belt Series in the Elk River-Clarkia area Idaho; metamorphic and igneous rocks along the northwest border zone of the Idaho batholith: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 344-C, 49 p., map scale 1:48,000.
Geographic coverageClearwater - Idaho - Shoshone

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