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Mount Rogers Formation; Metagraywacke

Metagraywacke - interlayered with metaconglomerate, laminated metasiltstone, and slate; minor calcareous metasandstone, greenstone, and metarhyolite.
StateNorth Carolina
NameMount Rogers Formation; Metagraywacke
Geologic ageLate Proterozoic
Original map labelZml
Primary rock typemetasedimentary rock
Secondary rock typeslate
Other rock typesgreenstone; meta-rhyolite
Lithologic constituents
Major
Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > Metasandstone > Metagraywackeinterlayered with metaconglomerate, laminated metasiltstone; minor calcareous metasandstone
Minor
Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > Metasiltstoneinterlayered with metaconglomerate, laminated metasiltstone; minor calcareous metasandstone
Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > Metasandstoneinterlayered with metaconglomerate, laminated metasiltstone; minor calcareous metasandstone
Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > Metaconglomerateinterlayered with metaconglomerate, laminated metasiltstone; minor calcareous metasandstone
Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > Slate
Metamorphic > Metaigneous > Metavolcanic > Metarhyolitemetarhyolite
Metamorphic > Metaigneous > Greenstone
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 coverageAshe

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