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Yadkin Formation

Yadkin Formation - metamorphosed graywacke, volcanic sandstone, and siltstone; interbedded with mafic and intermediate metavolcanic flows and tuffs.
StateNorth Carolina
NameYadkin Formation
Geologic ageCambrian/Late Proterozoic
Original map labelCZy
Primary rock typemetasedimentary rock
Secondary rock typemafic metavolcanic rock
Other rock typesintermediate metavolcanic rock
Lithologic constituents
Major
Metamorphic > Metasedimentarymetamorphosed graywacke, volcanic sandstone, and siltstone
Minor
Metamorphic > Metaigneous > Metavolcanicinterbedded with mafic and intermediate metavolcanic flows and tuffs.
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 coverageCabarrus - Montgomery - Stanly

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