Metasedimentary Rocks Undivided

Metasedimentary rocks, undivided (Pavlides, 1990). Gray to green phyllite, gray to white metasiltstone and fine grained quartzite, fine-grained mica schist, green slate and phyllite, and sparse granule quartzite and graywacke; may be coeval in part with Old Mill Branch Metasiltstone Member of the Popes Head Formation (OCpo).
State Virginia
Name Metasedimentary Rocks Undivided
Geologic age Cambrian-Ordovician
Lithologic constituents
Major
Metamorphic > Metasedimentary
Minor
Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > Quartzite
Metamorphic > Schist
Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > Phyllite
Comments Western Piedmont (Northern)
References

Virginia Division of Mineral Resources, 1993, Geologic Map of Virginia: Virginia Division of Mineral Resources, scale 1:500,000.

Virginia Division of Mineral Resources, 2003, Digital Representation of the 1993 Geologic Map of Virginia, Publication 174, CD ROM (ISO-9660) contains image file, expanded explanation in pdf, and ESRI shapefiles, scale 1:500,000.

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Counties Culpeper - Fauquier - Spotsylvania - Stafford