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Metagraywacke, Amphibolite, and Kyanite Schist

Metagraywacke, Amphibolite, and Kyanite Schist - metagraywacke (biotite gneiss) interlayered and gradational with amphibolite and kyanite schist; minor ultramafic and granitic rock.
StateNorth Carolina
NameMetagraywacke, Amphibolite, and Kyanite Schist
Geologic ageCambrian/Late Proterozoic
Original map labelCZma1
Primary rock typemetasedimentary rock
Secondary rock typeamphibolite
Other rock typesschist; ultramafic intrusive rock; granite
Lithologic constituents
Major
Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > Metasandstone > Metagraywackemetagraywacke (biotite gneiss)
Minor
Metamorphic > Schistkyanite schist
Metamorphic > Amphibolite
Incidental
Igneous > Plutonic > Ultramaficminor ultramafic rock
Igneous > Plutonic > Graniticgranitic 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.
Geographic coverageForsyth - Rockingham - Stokes - Surry - Wilkes - Yadkin

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