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| State | Texas |
|---|---|
| Name | Lost Creek Gneiss |
| Geologic age | preCambrian-Proterozoic |
| Original map label | pCl |
| Comments | (following from Llano Sheet of Geologic Atlas of Texas) Metasedimentary augen gneiss, distinct fr. Valley Spring Gneiss below, grades up through a sequence of alternating beds of augen gneiss and schist to Packsaddle Schist. |
| Primary rock type | paragneiss |
| Secondary rock type | schist |
| Other rock types | metasedimentary rock |
| Lithologic constituents | Major
Metamorphic > GneissMetasedimentary augen gneiss, distinct from Valley Spring Gneiss below, grades upward throught a sequence of alternating beds of augen gneiss and schist to Packsaddle Schist |
| Map references | Bureau of Economic Geology, 1992, Geologic Map of Texas: University of Texas at Austin, Virgil E. Barnes, project supervisor, Hartmann, B.M. and Scranton, D.F., cartography, scale 1:500,000 |
| Unit references | Wilmarth, M.G., 1938, Lexicon of geologic names of the United States: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 896, 2396 p. Bureau of Economic Geology, 1981, Llano sheet, Geologic Atlas of Texas, Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas at Austin, scale 1:250,000. Mutis-Duplat, Emilio, 1982, Geology of the Purdy Hill quadrangle, Mason County, Texas: Bureau of Economic Geology, the University of Texas at Austin, Geologic Quadrangle Map 52, scale 1:24.000. |
| Geographic coverage | Llano - McCulloch - Mason |
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