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Caesars Head Granite Gneiss

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Equigranular to porphyritic, massive to well foliated; contains biotite and muscovite.
State North Carolina
Name Caesars Head Granite Gneiss
Geologic age Devonian/Silurian
Lithologic constituents
Major
Metamorphic > GneissCaesars Head Granite Gneiss (409 my) - equigranular to porphyritic, massive to well foliated; contains biotite and muscovite.
References

Rhodes, Thomas S., and Conrad, Stephen G., 1985, Geologic Map of North Carolina: Department of Natural Resources and Community Development, Division of Land Resources, and the NC Geological Survey, compiled by Brown, Philip M., et al, and Parker, John M. III, and in association with the State Geologic Map Advisory Committee, scale 1:500,000.

The North Carolina Dept. of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, Division of Land Resources, NC Geological Survey, in cooperation with the NC Center for Geographic Information and Analysis, 1998 (updated 2007), Geology - North Carolina (1:250,000), coverage data file geol250. The data represents the digital equivalent of the official State Geology map (1:500,000 scale), but was digitized from (1:250,000 scale) base maps.
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Counties Henderson - Rutherford - Transylvania