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Pre-Tertiary metamorphic rocks, undivided

Schist, gneiss, marble, quartzite, amphibolite, greenstone, metaconglomerate, graywacke; includes metasedimentary, volcanic, and intrusive rocks. Some areas, as on San Juan Islands, show little if any metamorphism.
StateWashington
NamePre-Tertiary metamorphic rocks, undivided
Geologic ageProbably Permian
Original map labelpTm
CommentsOutcrops in Okanogan County are mostly metasedimentary rocks, including metawacke, metalimestone, metadolostone, metasiltite, meta-argillite, and metaconglomerate, as well as black slate, phyllite, gneiss, schist, quartzite, amphibolite, and greenstone; outcrops near Spokane consist of phyllite, metalimestone, quartzite, and metasiltite, with alteration to calc-silicate rocks, schist, marble, and hornfels (Stoffel and others, 1991). Tonalite and gabbro in San Juan Islands and possibly in Chelan County (Brandon, 1989)
Primary rock typemetasedimentary rock
Secondary rock typeschist
Other rock typesgneiss; marble; quartzite; amphibolite; greenstone; phyllite; calc-silicate rock; slate; limestone; tonalite; gabbro; hornfels
Lithologic constituents
Major
Metamorphic > MetasedimentaryIncludes metaconglomerate, meta-argillite, metawacke, metalimestone, metadolostone, and metasiltite (metasiltstone).
Minor
Metamorphic > Gneiss
Metamorphic > Schist
Incidental
Metamorphic > Hornfels
Igneous > Plutonic > Gabbroic > Gabbro (Pluton)
Igneous > Plutonic > Granitic > Tonalite (Pluton)
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestone (Lense)
Metamorphic > Slate
Metamorphic > PhyllitePossibly minor in rank.
Metamorphic > Greenstone
Metamorphic > Amphibolite
Metamorphic > QuartzitePossibly minor in rank.
Metamorphic > MarblePossibly minor in rank.
Map references
Huntting, M. T., Bennett, W. A. G., Livingston, V. E. Jr., Moen, W. S., 1961, Geologic Map of Washington: Washington Division of Mines and Geology, scale 1:500,000.
Unit references
Huntting, M. T., Bennett, W. A. G., Livingston, V. E. Jr., Moen, W. S., 1961, Geologic Map of Washington: Washington Division of Mines and Geology, scale 1:500,000.
Stoffel, K. L., Joseph, N. L., Waggoner, S. Z., Gulick, C. W., Korosec, M. A., Bunning, B. B., 1991, Geologic Map of Washington--Northeast Quadrant: Washington Division of Geology and Earth Resources Geologic Map, GM-39, scale 1:250,000.
Brandon, M. T., 1989, Geology of the San Juan-Cascade Nappes, northwestern Cascade Range and San Juan Islands, in Joseph, N. L. (Ed.), Geologic Guidebook for Washington and Adjacent Areas: prepared for the 85th Annual Meeting of the Cordilleran Section, Geological Society of America, May 8-11, 1989, Spokane, Washington: Washington Division of Geology and Earth Resource Infomation Circular 86, p. 137-162.
Rinehart, C. D., and Fox, K. F., Jr., 1972, Geology and Mineral Deposits of the Loomis Quadrangle, Okanogan County, Washington: Washington Division of Mines and Geology Bulletin No. 64, 124 p.
Dragovich, J. D., Logan, R. L., Schasse, H. W., Walsh, T. J., Lingley, W. S., Jr., Norman, D. K., Gerstel, W. J., Lapen, T. J., Schuster, J. E., Meyers, K. D., 2002, Geologic Map of Washington-Northwest Quadrant: Washington Division of Geology and Earth Resources Geologic Map GM-50, scale 1:250,000.
Geographic coverageChelan - Lincoln - Okanogan - San Juan - Skagit - Spokane - Stevens - Whatcom

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