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Battleground Formation, Metasedimentary rocks, undivided

Battleground Formation, Metasedimentary rocks, undivided: quartz-sericite schist/phyllite and interlayered quartzite, quartz-pebble conglomerate, high-alumina quartzite, and manganiferous schist
StateSouth Carolina
NameBattleground Formation, Metasedimentary rocks, undivided
Geologic ageNeoproterozoic
Original map labelZba
CommentsBattleground and Blacksburg Formations
Primary rock typeschist
Secondary rock typephyllite
Other rock typesquartzite; conglomerate
Lithologic constituents
Major
Metamorphic > Schist
Minor
Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > Metaconglomerate
Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > Quartzite
Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > Phyllite
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 - Union - York

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