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Toluca Granite and associated metagranites

Toluca Granite and associated metagranites: weakly to strongly foliated, garnet-bearing, metamorphosed monzogranite to granodiorite; ranges from equigranular and medium-grained to inequigranular having coarse microcline megacrysts
StateSouth Carolina
NameToluca Granite and associated metagranites
Geologic ageOrdovician
Original map labelOgt
CommentsMiddle Paleozoic Plutonic Rocks
Primary rock typegranitic gneiss
Secondary rock type
Other rock types
Lithologic constituents
Major
Metamorphic > Metaigneous > Metaintrusive > Metagraniteweakly to strongly foliated, garnet-bearing, metamorphosed monzogranite to granodiorite; ranges from equigranular and medium-grained to inequigranular having coarse microcline megacrysts
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 coverageCherokee - Spartanburg

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