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Metasedimentary rocks, undivided

Metasedimentary rocks, undivided - Graywacke, slate, local units of conglomerate, arenite, graphitic slate, fine-grained felsic volcanogenic, and volcaniclastic rocks, lean oxide iron-formation and its metamorphic equivalents. Includes the Knife Lake Group and the Lake Vermilion Formation in northeastern Minnesota.
StateMinnesota
NameMetasedimentary rocks, undivided
Geologic ageLate Archean
Original map labelAms
Primary rock typegraywacke
Secondary rock typeslate
Other rock typesmetasedimentary rock; felsic metavolcanic rock; iron formation
Lithologic constituents
Major
Metamorphic > Metasedimentary
Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone > Graywacke
Incidental
Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > Slate
Metamorphic > Metaigneous > Metavolcanic
Sedimentary > Chemical > Banded-iron-formation
Map references
Morey, G.B., and Meints, Joyce, 2000, Geologic map of Minnesota - Bedrock Geology: Minnesota Geological Survey, State Map Series, S-20, 3rd edition, scale 1:1,000,000. available online at: http://www.geo.umn.edu/mgs/currentpubs.htm
Unit references
Morey, G.B., and Meints, Joyce, 2000, Geologic map of Minnesota - Bedrock Geology: Minnesota Geological Survey, State Map Series, S-20, 3rd edition, scale 1:1,000,000. available online at: http://www.geo.umn.edu/mgs/currentpubs.htm
Geographic coverageBecker - Beltrami - Cass - Clay - Clearwater - Cook - Hubbard - Itasca - Koochiching - Lake - Lake of the Woods - Mahnomen - Norman - Otter Tail - Pennington - Polk - Red Lake - Saint Louis - Wilkin

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