Geologic units in Newberry county, South Carolina

Geologic units in Newberry county, South Carolina

Additional scientific data in this geographic area

Biotite quartz-plagioclase gneiss (Paleozoic or Neoproterozoic) at surface, covers 20 % of this area

Biotite quartz-plagioclase gneiss with minor interlayers of amphibolite gneiss and mica schist

Newberry granite (Silurian) at surface, covers 19 % of this area

Newberry granite

Felsic metavolcanic rocks and felsic gneiss interpreted to the metavolcanics (Ordovician to Neoproterozoic) at surface, covers 16 % of this area

Felsic metavolcanic rocks and felsic gneiss interpreted to the metavolcanics

biotite-quartz-feldspar gneiss of the Whitmire reentrant (Cambrian and/or Neoproterozoic) at surface, covers 11 % of this area

Biotite-quartz-feldspar gneiss

Persimmon Fork Formation (Cambrian to Neoproterozoic) at surface, covers 10 % of this area

Predominately metatuff

Mylonite gneiss (Late Paleozoic) at surface, covers 8 % of this area

Mylonite gneiss

Little Mountain metatonalite (Neoproterozoic) at surface, covers 5 % of this area

Little Mountain metatonalite

Amphibolite and amphibolite gneiss (Paleozoic to Neoproterozoic) at surface, covers 4 % of this area

Amphibolite and amphibolite gneiss

Metamorphosed granite and granodiorite (Cambrian or Neoproterozoic) at surface, covers 2 % of this area

Metamorphosed granite and granodiorite

Metamorphosed granitoid rocks, undivided (Paleozoic to Neoproterozoic) at surface, covers 2 % of this area

Metamorphosed granitoid rocks, undivided

Gabbro of Concord Plutonic Suite (Devonian to Silurian) at surface, covers 1 % of this area

Gabbro of Concord Plutonic Suite

Richtex Formation (Ordovician to Middle Cambrian) at surface, covers 0.6 % of this area

Laminated metamudstone; contains Middle Cambrian or younger sponge spicules

Phyllonite and phyllonitic schist (Late Paleozoic) at surface, covers 0.3 % of this area

Phyllonite and phyllonitic schist

Metagabbro and minor metadiorite (Middle Paleozoic to Neoproterozoic) at surface, covers 0.3 % of this area

Metagabbro and minor metadiorite

Mafic to intermediate metavolcanics including layered hornblende gneiss and amphibolite (Ordovician to Neoproterozoic) at surface, covers 0.1 % of this area

Mafic to intermediate metavolcanics including layered hornblende gneiss and amphibolite

Granite (Carboniferous to Permian) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Granite