Metasedimentary and metavolcanic rocks

Amphibolite, hornblende gneiss, biotite gneiss, quartzite, iron-formation, metaconglomerate, marble, and pelitic schist; locally preserved textures and structures suggest origin to be sedimentary or volcanic. Older than 2,875 Ma in Teton Range; older than 3,200 Ma in Granite Mountains; older than 2,600 Ma in Medicine Bow Mountains and Sierra Madre, where it is the Late Archean Phantom Lake Metamorphic Suite 3.
State Wyoming
Name Metasedimentary and metavolcanic rocks
Geologic age Middle Archean-Late Archaen
Lithologic constituents
Major
Metamorphic > Amphibolite
Metamorphic > Gneiss > Biotite-gneiss
Metamorphic > Gneiss > Hornblende-gneiss
Minor
Sedimentary > Chemical > Banded-iron-formation
Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > Metaconglomerate
Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metacarbonate > Marble
Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > Quartzite
Metamorphic > Schist > Pelitic-schist
References
NGMDB product
Counties Albany - Carbon - Converse - Fremont - Goshen - Johnson - Natrona - Niobrara - Platte - Sublette - Teton