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Linville Metadiabase

Linville Metadiabase - metadiabase, greenstone, and amphibolite dikes and sills; massive to schistose.
StateNorth Carolina
NameLinville Metadiabase
Geologic ageLate Proterozoic
Original map labelZlm
Primary rock typemetamorphic rock
Secondary rock typegreenstone
Other rock typesamphibolite
Lithologic constituents
Major
Metamorphic > Metaigneous > Greenstone
Metamorphic > Metaigneous > Metaintrusive > Metadiabasemetadiabase, massive to schistose
Minor
Metamorphic > Amphiboliteamphibolite dikes and sills
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 coverageAvery - Burke - Caldwell - Watauga

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