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Biotite-plagioclase-quartz gneiss and biotite-muscovite schist

Biotite-plagioclase-quartz gneiss and biotite-muscovite schist: variably interlayered, containing subordinate layers of amphibolite and sillimanite-mica schist
StateSouth Carolina
NameBiotite-plagioclase-quartz gneiss and biotite-muscovite schist
Geologic ageCambrian or Neoproterozoic
Original map labelCZsg
CommentsWestern Piedmont, layered and stratified rocks
Primary rock typebiotite gneiss
Secondary rock typeschist
Other rock typesamphibolite
Lithologic constituents
Major
Metamorphic > Schist > Mica-schistincludes both biotite-muscovite schist and sillimanite-mica schist
Metamorphic > Gneiss > Biotite-gneissBiotite-plagioclase-quartz gneiss
Minor
Metamorphic > Amphibolite
Map references
Horton, J.Wright, and Dicken, Connie L., 2001, Preliminary Geologic Map of the Appalachian Piedmont and Blue Ridge, South Carolina Segment: U.S. Geological Survey, Open-File Report 01-298, CD
Unit references
Horton, J.Wright, and Dicken, Connie L., 2001, Preliminary Geologic Map of the Appalachian Piedmont and Blue Ridge, South Carolina Segment: U.S. Geological Survey, Open-File Report 01-298, CD
Geographic coverageAbbeville - Anderson - Greenville - Oconee - Pickens

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