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Gneiss of Laurens area

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Biotite-quartz-plagioclase gneiss and interlayers locally containing hornblende, sillimanite, microcline, and muscovite
State South Carolina
Name Gneiss of Laurens area
Geologic age Cambrian or Neoproterozoic
Lithologic constituents
Major
Metamorphic > Gneiss > Biotite-gneiss
Comments Western Piedmont, layered and stratified rocks
References

Horton, J.Wright, and Dicken, Connie L., 2001, Preliminary Geologic Map of the Appalachian Piedmont and Blue Ridge, South Carolina Segment: U.S. Geological Survey, Open-File Report 01-298, CD, scale 1:500,000.

https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr01298
Counties Abbeville - Anderson - Greenville - Greenwood - Laurens - Spartanburg - Union