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Tillery Formation; Metamudstone and Meta-Argillite

(Southwest of Asheboro); Metamudstone and Meta-Argillite - thin to thick bedded; bedding plane and axial-planar cleavage common; interbedded with metasandstone, metaconglomerate, and metavolcanic rock.
StateNorth Carolina
NameTillery Formation; Metamudstone and Meta-Argillite
Geologic ageCambrian/Late Proterozoic
Original map labelCZmd1
CommentsUnit descriptions are the same for CAZmd and CAZmd1 thru 3; differentiated only by formation names.
Primary rock typemeta-argillite
Secondary rock typemeta-conglomerate
Other rock typesmetasedimentary rock; metavolcanic rock
Lithologic constituents
Minor
Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > MetaconglomerateMetamudstone and Meta-Argillite - thin to thick bedded; bedding plane and axial-planar cleavage common; interbedded with metasandstone, metaconglomerate
Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > MetasandstoneMetamudstone and Meta-Argillite - thin to thick bedded; bedding plane and axial-planar cleavage common; interbedded with metasandstone, metaconglomerate
Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > ArgilliteMetamudstone and Meta-Argillite - thin to thick bedded; bedding plane and axial-planar cleavage common; interbedded with metasandstone, metaconglomerate
Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > SlateMetamudstone and Meta-Argillite - thin to thick bedded; bedding plane and axial-planar cleavage common; interbedded with metasandstone, metaconglomerate
Metamorphic > Metaigneous > Metavolcanicinterbedded with 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.
Geographic coverageAnson - Montgomery - Randolph - Stanly

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