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Coweeta Group; Biotite Gneiss

Biotite Gneiss - migmatitic; interlayered and gradational with biotite-garnet gneiss and amphibolite; locally abundant quartz and alumino-silicates. Stratigraphic position uncertain.
StateNorth Carolina
NameCoweeta Group; Biotite Gneiss
Geologic ageMiddle/Late Proterozoic
Original map labelZYbn
Primary rock typebiotite gneiss
Secondary rock typeamphibolite
Other rock types
Lithologic constituents
Major
Metamorphic > Amphibolite
Metamorphic > Gneiss > Biotite-gneissBiotite Gneiss - migmatitic; interlayered and gradational with biotite-garnet gneiss; locally abundant quartz and alumino-silicates.
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 coverageBuncombe - Clay - Haywood - Jackson - Macon - Madison - Swain

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