National Geochronological Database sample #14938)

Outcrop or artificial surface exposure, Gneiss

Geographic location	-81.972222, 36.138889 81° 58' 20" W, 36° 8' 20" N Avery county, NC Elk Park 1:24,000 scale map quadrangle Accurate to within 1 minute (~1 mile) NORTH CAROLINA COORDINATES: 882900N, 1122300E; CRANBERRY MINE AREA
Source of sample	Outcrop or artificial surface exposure
Rock name	Gneiss
Description	USUALLY HIGHLY-DEFORMED, COARSE-GRAINED GNEISS (FELDSPAR, QUARTZ, BIOTITE, SPHENE) WITH LAYERS OF FINER-GRAINED, MORE MAFIC MATERIAL; CRANBERRY GNEISS
Laboratories	University of North Carolina
Compiler name	Marvin, R.F.
Date compiled	1984 08
Precision of location	Accurate to within 1 minute (~1 mile)
Location comment	NORTH CAROLINA COORDINATES: 882900N, 1122300E; CRANBERRY MINE AREA
Bibliographic reference	Fullager, P.D., and Bartholomew, M.J., 1983, Rubidium-Strontium Ages Of The Watauga River, Cranberry, and Crossing Knob Gneisses, Northwestern North Carolina ""In"" Lewis, S.E., ed., Geological Investigations In The Blue Ridge Of Northwestern North Carolina: 1983 Guidebook For The Carolina Geological Society, North Carolina Division Of Land Resources, Article 2, 29p In Lewis, S.E., Ed., Geological Investigations In The Blue Ridge Of Northwestern North Carolina: 1983 Guidebook For The Carolina Geological Society, North Carolina Division Of Land Resources, Article 2, 29p.
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Geologic map unit	-81.972222, 36.138889
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