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Lost Creek Gneiss

Lost Creek Gneiss
StateTexas
NameLost Creek Gneiss
Geologic agepreCambrian-Proterozoic
Original map labelpCl
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 typeparagneiss
Secondary rock typeschist
Other rock typesmetasedimentary 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 coverageLlano - McCulloch - Mason

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