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Felsic Metavolcanic Rock

Felsic Metavolcanic Rock - metamorphosed dacitic to rhyolitic flows and tuffs, light gray to greenish gray; minor mafic and intermediate metavolcanic rock.
StateNorth Carolina
NameFelsic Metavolcanic Rock
Geologic ageCambrian/Late Proterozoic
Original map labelCZfv
Primary rock typefelsic metavolcanic rock
Secondary rock typemafic metavolcanic rock
Other rock typesintermediate metavolcanic rock
Lithologic constituents
Major
Metamorphic > Metaigneous > Metavolcanic > MetadaciteFelsic Metavolcanic Rock - metamorphosed dacitic to rhyolitic flows and tuffs, light gray to greenish gray; minor mafic and intermediate metavolcanic rock.
Metamorphic > Metaigneous > Metavolcanic > MetarhyoliteFelsic Metavolcanic Rock - metamorphosed dacitic to rhyolitic flows and tuffs, light gray to greenish gray; minor mafic and intermediate metavolcanic rock.
Minor
Metamorphic > Metaigneous > Metavolcanicminor mafic and intermediate metavolcanic rock.
Map references
The North Carolina Dept. of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, Division of Land Resources, NC Geological Survey, in cooperation with the NC Center for Geographic Information and Analysis, 1998, Geology - North Carolina (1:250,000), coverage data file geol250. The data represents the digital equivalent of the official State Geology map (1:500,000 scale), but was digitized from (1:250,000 scale) base maps.
Unit references
Rhodes, Thomas S., and Conrad, Stephen G., 1985, Geologic Map of North Carolina: Department of Natural Resources and Community Development, Division of Land Resources, and the NC Geological Survey, 1:500,000-scale, compiled by Brown, Philip M., et al, and Parker, John M. III, and in association with the State Geologic Map Advisory Committee.
The North Carolina Dept. of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, Division of Land Resources, NC Geological Survey, in cooperation with the NC Center for Geographic Information and Analysis, 1998, Geology - North Carolina (1:250,000), coverage data file geol250. The data represents the digital equivalent of the official State Geology map (1:500,000 scale), but was digitized from (1:250,000 scale) base maps.

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