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Ocoee Supergroup; Great Smokey Group, undivided

Great Smokey Group, undivided - thick metasedimentary sequence of massive to graded beds of metagraywacke and metasiltstone with interbedded graphitic and sulfidic slate and schist.
StateNorth Carolina
NameOcoee Supergroup; Great Smokey Group, undivided
Geologic ageLate Proterozoic
Original map labelZgs
Primary rock typemetasedimentary rock
Secondary rock typeslate
Other rock typesschist
Lithologic constituents
Major
Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > Metasiltstonethick metasedimentary sequence of massive to graded beds of metagraywacke and metasiltstone
Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > Metasandstone > Metagraywackethick metasedimentary sequence of massive to graded beds of metagraywacke and metasiltstone
Minor
Metamorphic > Schistwith interbedded graphitic and sulfidic slate and schist.
Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > Slatewith interbedded graphitic and sulfidic slate and schist.
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 - Graham - Haywood - Jackson - Macon - Madison - Swain

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