| State | Pennsylvania |
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| Name | Graphitic felsic gneiss |
| Geologic age | Precambrian |
| Lithologic constituents |
Major
Metamorphic > Gneissgraphitic felsic gneiss - includes Pickering Gneiss and small areas of marble; dominantly quartz and feldspar with varying amounts of graphite and various metamorphic minerals; medium grained, light to dark gray and greenish gray; sedimentary origin.
Minor
Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Paragneissgraphitic felsic gneiss - includes Pickering Gneiss and small areas of marble; dominantly quartz and feldspar with varying amounts of graphite and various metamorphic minerals; medium grained, light to dark gray and greenish gray; sedimentary origin.
Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metacarbonate > Marblesmall areas of marble
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| Comments | Digital map differences from 1980 printed map: name changed from (Graphitic gneiss). |
| References | Berg, T.M., Edmunds, W.E., Geyer, A.R., and others, compilers, 1980, Geologic map of Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Geological Survey, 4th ser., Map 1, 2nd ed., 3 sheets, scale 1:250,000.Pennsylvania Bureau of Topographic and Geologic Survey, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Miles, C.E., and Whitfield, T.G., compilers, 2001, Bedrock Geology of Pennsylvania, edition: 1.0, digital map, scale 1:250,000. |
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| Counties | Berks - Chester - Lancaster - Lebanon |