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Injected Gneiss

Injected Gneiss - biotite gneiss and schist intruded by numerous sills and dikes of granite, pegmatite, and aplite; minor hornblende gneiss.
StateNorth Carolina
NameInjected Gneiss
Geologic ageCambrian/Late Proterozoic
Original map labelCZig
Primary rock typebiotite gneiss
Secondary rock typeschist
Other rock typesgranite; pegmatite; aplite; mafic gneiss
Lithologic constituents
Major
Metamorphic > Schist > Mica-schist > Biotite-schist
Metamorphic > GneissInjected Gneiss - biotite gneiss and minor hornblende gneiss.
Minor
Igneous > Plutonic > Granitic > Granite (Dike or sill)intruded by numerous sills and dikes of granite
Incidental
Igneous > Plutonic > Granitic > Leucocratic-granitic > Aplite (Dike or sill)intruded by numerous sills and dikes of aplite
Igneous > Plutonic > Granitic > Leucocratic-granitic > Pegmatite (Dike or sill)intruded by numerous sills and dikes of pegmatite
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.
Geographic coverageFranklin - Halifax - Johnston - Northampton - Vance - Wake

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