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t:\gis\georgia\brevardzone\brevard2015.dwg, layout1 Coordinate System: UTM27-16 1:62,500 SCALE IN FEET 0 5208 10416 5 : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : 1 1 1 1 1 1 GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BREVARD ZONE FROM ABANDA, ALABAMA TO ATLANTA, GEORGIA by: Thomas J. Crawford and Randy L. Kath Department of Geosciences, University of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA 30118 ABSTRACT Detailed geologic mapping at 1:24,000-scale from Abanda, Alabama, to north of Atlanta, Georgia (~148 km), detailed surface mapping along four tunnel alignments in the metro-Atlanta area, and subsurface mapping of nearly 6 km of a 5.5-meter diameter tunnel which trends along strike in the Brevard Zone have provided new insights into the nature and significance of this regional geologic feature. Exposures within this, and other tunnels excavated within the Brevard, show extreme lithologic heterogeneity and structural complexity that have not been previously documented within this zone in metro-Atlanta. Although there are many definitions and interpretations to the meaning of the Brevard Zone, we define the Brevard in western Georgia as a relatively narrow zone of doubly plunging, northwest verging, overturned folds that have been overprinted by a pervasive shear fabric. Locally, the Brevard contains characteristic phyllonite and various types of mylonites and cataclastic rocks; however, these rocks are not always present. In Alabama, the Brevard is defined as a terrane boundary between the Eastern Blue Ridge and Inner Piedmont/Dadeville Complex. This interpretation is not consistent with our detailed geologic mapping, in that continuous stratigraphic units are transected by Brevard shearing. For example, the Long Island Creek Gneiss (LICG) is north of the Brevard in the metro-Atlanta area. Further west along the Brevard trend, the LICG is within the Brevard and has been intensely sheared and silicified (flinty crush rock). Further southwest, near the Alabama state line, the LICG is south of the Brevard and has a similar character as the exposures in the metro-Atlanta area. The Brevard has been overthrust in the metro-Atlanta area by the Clairmont Formation PpODQJH Rocks within the Clairmont show no evidence of Brevard shearing and are interpreted to have been emplaced after Brevard shearing culminated. Both the Clairmont and the Brevard are intruded by the Ben Hill Granite. The Ben Hill cuts across button schist, phyllonite, and mylonitic rocks of the Brevard, and itself is unsheared. Preliminary age dates of mica growth in the Brevard of Alabama by Poole (per com) suggest that the last shearing occurred ~317 Ma. This, coupled with an age of the Ben Hill (~284 Ma), constrains emplacement of the Clairmont thrust sheet. References- Etelman, D. J., and Kath, R.L., 2015, An Updated Geologic Map of Sweetwater Creek State Park, Georgia, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Harden, H. M., Kath, R.L., Crawford, T.J., 2013, Geologic Map illustrating the Tectonostratigraphy and Structural Geology of a part of the Brevard Zone in Georgia: Results from detailed geologic mapping in the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, Sandy Springs, 7.5-Minute Quadrangle: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, vol. 45, No. 7, p. 379. Hatcher, R.D., Jr., and Bream, B.R., 2007, New Tectonic Map of the southern and central Appalachians (v. 4.5WIP). Higgins, M.H., 1968, Geologic Map of the Brevard Fault Zone near Atlanta, Georgia: USGS IMAP 511. Kath, R.L., and Crawford, T.J., 2006, New Insight into the Brevard Zone in Georgia: Results form Detailed Surface and Subsurface Geologic Mapping of Three Large Tunnels in the metro-Atlanta Area: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 38, pp. 79 Kath, R.L., and Crawford, T.J., 2001, Detailed Geologic Mapping along the Chattahoochee Tunnel, Cobb County, Georgia: in Kath, R.L., and Crawford, T.J., eds., Across the Brevard Zone: The Geology of the Chattahoochee Interceptor Tunnel, Cobb County, Georgia: Georgia Geological Society Guidebooks, vol. 22, No. 1, pp. 25-38. Geologic Mapping Supported by- x University of West Georgia, Department of Geosciences, Center for Water Resources x Geological Society of America, GeoCorps America #2013018 x Petrologic Solutions, Inc., Douglasville, GA. DESCRIPTION OF MAP UNITS Zoned Feldspar Gneiss- epidote-muscovite-biotite-quartz-feldspar gneiss, fine- to medium-grained, with disseminated very coarse zoned feldspar crystals; very feldspathic overall; deep weathering is characteristic. Locally contains discontinuous pods/lenses of white mylointe OZzf Clairmont Melange (Contorted Unit)- sphene-epidote-muscovite-biotite-quartz-feldspar gneiss, medium-grained, schistose in part; interlayered with sphene-epidote-muscovite-quartz- feldspar-biotite schist, medium- to coarse-grained; garnets may be present, but are small and scarce. Hornblende gneiss/amphibolite lenses and layers (commonly boudinaged) are common. Contains, in many places, lenses and discontinuous layers of granite on a scale of feet and ten's of feet. Vein quartz is common. Pegmatitic layers and coarse pegmatites up to 60 inches thick are abundant and characteristic; shear foliation in the gneiss/schist wraps around the coarse pegmatites, which are not sheared; this rock mass is extremely contorted; foliations are quite variable over short distances, and are generally low-angle and undulatory. OZcm Phyllonite, Button Schist, Mylonite, and Mylonitic Biotite Gneiss- phyllonite, button schist, mylonite, and mylonitic biotite gneiss; all interlayered on a scale of inches, feet, and 10's of feet. The phyllonite consists of fine recrystallized muscovite along schistosity surfaces, formed by dislocation (shearing) metamorphism. The mylonitic button schist is composed primarily of fine sericite, muscovite, quartz, and feldspar; with medium- to coarse-grained muscovite forming distinctive ³H\HV´ WKHUH LV D ZHOOGHYHORSHG VKHDU IROLDWLRQ 7KH P\ORQLWH LV composed of sericite, quartz, and feldspar, extremely fine-grained, with a poorly developed foliation. The mylonitic biotite gneiss is composed primarily of biotite, quartz, and feldspar, very fine-grained; with a well-developed shear foliation. OZbs Brevard Zone Mylonite (white)- biotite-muscovite-quartz-feldspar mylonite, very fine-grained and feldspar-rich. This rock unit includes mylonitized granite, composed of muscovite, quartz, and feldspar; much of the feldspar is pink and coarse-grained. Shearing was pervasive and produced a well-developed shear foliation. Weathering is generally moderate to deep and produces a light colored; white, cream, buff, and pink soil. OZmw Brevard Zone Mylonite (black)- ELRWLWHTXDUW]IHOGVSDU P\ORQLWH ZLWK TXDUW] ³H\HV´ DQG TXDUW]ULFK layers; very fine-grained, contains pods and lenses of quartz-tourmaline (?), fine-crystalline. The quartz-rich layers stand out in saprolite exposures. A shear foliation is well-developed and generally very contorted; jointing is well-developed. Weathering is generally shallow and produces a dark brown to red soil. OZmb Clairmont Melange Gneiss- epidote-biotite-quartz-feldspar gneiss, medium-grained, schistose in part; locally contains hornblende gneiss/amphibolite lenses and layers. OZcg Brevard Zone Mylonite (black) and Button Schist- ELRWLWHTXDUW]IHOGVSDU P\ORQLWH ZLWK TXDUW] ³H\HV´ DQG TXDUW]ULFK layers; interlayered with mylonitic button schist which is composed primarily of fine sericite, muscovite, quartz, and feldspar; with medium- WR FRDUVHJUDLQHG PXVFRYLWH IRUPLQJ GLVWLQFWLYH ³EXWWRQV´ GXH WR 6& mylonitic fabric. OZmbs Schist, Amphibolite, and Ultramafic- garnet-kyanite-feldspar-muscovite-biotite-quartz schist, fine- to coarse-grained; very quartzose, in part. Garnet- kyanite-muscovite-biotite-quartz-feldspar gneiss, fine- to coarse-grained, schistose in part; quartzite; medium-grained and clean in part; also, fine- to coarse-grained and micaceous and/or feldspathic. Amphibolite/hornblende gneiss, fine- to medium-grained. Ultramafic- coarse-grained pyroxenes and amphibole; massive; apparently as small ovoid bodies several 10's of feet to a few 100 feet in their longest dimension. Quartzite- fine-grained, moderately- to well-foliated, locally micaceous, locally contains fine-grained black opaques. OZsau OZq Granitic-Gneiss- biotite-quartz-feldspar gneiss, very feldspathic; quartz and feldspar are medium- to coarse-grained; biotite is fine- to medium-grained. Muscovite is present where this gneiss is sheared. Shear foliation is commonly developed. OZgg Rottenwood Creek Mixed Unit- garnet (small, scarce)- biotite-muscovite-quartz-feldspar gneiss, fine- to coarse-grained; interlayered with garnet-feldspar-biotite-muscovite-quartz schist, medium- to coarse-grained; all gradations from well-developed gneiss to well-developed schist (gneiss, schistose gneiss, gneissic schist, and schist); thin zones contain abundant garnets. OZsg Biotite Gneiss- garnet (small, minor)-muscovite-biotite-quartz-feldspar gneiss, fine- to medium-grained, schistose in part; interlayered with garnet (small, minor)-biotite-feldspar-quartz-muscovite schist, medium- to coarse-grained; some garnet-rich zones, all layereded with concordant and discordant pegmatite pods, lenses, and layers up to 10 feet thick; foliation wraps around pegmatite pods/lenses. OZbg Garnet Schist- kyanite-garnet-biotite-quartz-muscovite schist, coarse-grained, sheared, with abundant pegmatite pods and lenses; structurally overlain and underlain by quartzite (OZq), fine- to coarse-grained in layers 1-to 8-inches thick. The quartzite structurally overlying the schist appears to be several 10's of feet thick; while the quartzite structurally underlying the schist appears to be less than 10 feet thick. OZgs Migmatitic Gneiss- muscovite-biotite-quartz-feldspar-gneiss, with scattered small garnets, fine- to coarse-grained; concordant pegmatites and pegmatitic zones are common; quartz veins are small and scattered. OZmg Muscovite Schist- garnet-biotite-quartz-muscovite schist, coarse-grained, with tourmaline and thickly disseminated fine black opaques; sheared, with a button texture. OZsh Amphibolite- amphibole/hornblende gneiss, thinly laminated, fine- to medium-grained hornblende and plagioclase; and chlorite-actinolite schist, very fine-grained; joints are close-spaced and abundant. OZa Pappasito Schist- garnet-biotite-muscovite-quartz-schist, coarse-grained, with thickly disseminated fine black opaques; muscovite is generally coarser-grained than biotite; sheared, with a button texture. Joints are poorly developed and scarce; shallow-weathering. OZps Mixed Schist/Gneiss- garnet-muscovite-biotite-quartz-feldspar gneiss, fine- to medium-grained, and garnet (common to abundant) -feldspar-quartz-muscovite-biotite schist, medium- to coarse-grained, interlayered; and all extensively pegmatized with coarse-grained muscovite-quartz-feldspar. Micas in the schist are often coarse-grained and in part oriented across the FRPSRVLWLRQDO OD\HULQJ FUHDWLQJ D ³WRXJK´ URFN ZKLFK UHVLVWV EUHDNLQJ This rock unit is very non-uniform. It weathers unevenly, and often in non-planar directions. Where compositional layering and foliations are well-developed, differential weathering produces a slabby outcrop. The thickness of weathering residuum varies from thin to thick over short distances; and thick residuum often contains large boulder masses of relatively fresh rock. Small, apparently ovoid bodies of biotite-quartz-feldspar granite (OZg), medium- to coarse-grained, equigranular, massive, without foliation or with a poorly developed foliation, are scattered in this unit. OZmu Orange Gneiss- biotite-quartz-feldspar gneiss, fine- to medium-grained, schistose in part; biotite-hornblende-feldspar gneiss, fine- to medium-grained; and amphibolite, fine- to medium-grained; all are interlayered or intermixed. Together, an in approximately equal parts, these three lithologies make up greater than 90 percent of this rock unit. The rock weathers to a yellow-brown, pink, or brownish gray saprolite/residuum. The remaining part of this lithologic unit consists of small medium- to coarse-grained mafic and ultramafic bodies, apparently ovoid and several feet to a few hundred feet in their longest dimension, and muscovite-quartz-feldspar pegmatites as much as 8 to 12 feet thick. This rock unit weathers deeply to a soft, feldspathic residuum, except for the coarse-grained mafic and ultramafic bodies and the pegmatites. The coarse-grained mafics yield a hard, tough saprolite with well-developed box work; and pegmatites are present in residuum as resistant boulders. OZog Palisades Quartzite- fine-grained, equigranular, weakly-foliated, massive, cherty, vitreous. OZpq Gneissic Granite- muscovite-biotite-quartz-feldspar gneissic granite, feldspathic; quartz and feldspar are medium- to coarse-grained; biotite is fine- to medium-grained. Shear foliation is commonly developed. Locally contains schist xenoliths. OZgg Long Island Creek Gneiss- sphene-epidote-biotite-quartz-feldspar gneiss, medium- to coarse-grained; very felsic; yields light-colored soil; foliation is moderately well-developed. OZli Granite (undifferentiated)- biotite-quartz-feldspar granite, medium- to coarse-grained, equigranular, massive, without foliation or with a poorly developed foliation. OZg Ben Hill Granite (Carboniferous)- generally massive, poorly foliated to unfoliated, light-gray, porphyritic, muscovite-biotite-quartz plagioclase-microcline granite. Commonly contains zoned microcline phenocrysts as long as 5 cm. Occasionally forms pavement-style outcrops; weathers to a tan-yellow saprolite with microcline phenocrysts and quartz grains, where more deeply weathered forms a light-red soil. Cbh Palmetto Granite (Carboniferous)- massive, poorly foliated to unfoliated, light-gray, porphyritic, muscovite-biotite-quartz plagioclase-microcline granite. Commonly contains zoned microcline phenocrysts as long as 5 cm. Tends to form pavement-style outcrops and large pedestal-boulder outcrops; weathers to a tan-yellow saprolite with microcline phenocrysts and quartz grains, where more deeply weathered forms a light-red soil. Lithologically identical to the Ben Hill Granite (Cbh). Cp Granites and Gneissic Granites Austell Gneiss (Early Silurian)- medium- to coarse-grained, light- to medium-gray, PXVFRYLWHELRWLWHTXDUW]IHOGVSDU JQHLVVLF JUDQLWH ZLWK PHJDFU\VWV RI microcline (orthoclase?). Locally contains accessory garnet, ilmenite, titanite, tourmaline, apatite and zircon. The microcline megacrysts are typically 1- to 2- mm in length, but range up to 4 mm in length. Generally forms pavement-style outcrops and weathers to a yellowish, sandy soil. Near the margins of the body, shearing forms distinct feldspar augens. Sa Brevard Zone Lithologies Dadeville Complex Lithologies Sand Hill Granite (Silurian?)- PHGLXP WR FRDUVHJUDLQHG OLJKW WR PHGLXPJUD\ PXVFRYLWH ELRWLWH quartz-feldspar gneissic granite with megacrysts of microcline. The microcline megacrysts are typically 1- to 2- mm in length, but range up to 4 mm in length. Generally forms pavement-style outcrops and weathers to a yellowish, sandy soil. Ssh Camp Odum Granite (Silurian?)- medium- to coarse-grained, light- to medium-gray, PXVFRYLWHELRWLWHTXDUW]IHOGVSDU JQHLVVLF JUDQLWH ZLWK megacrysts of microcline; locally contains accessory garnet. Generally forms pavement-style outcrops and weathers to a yellowish, sandy soil; highly sheared throughout. Sco Alteration Zone Rocks- characterized by chlorite, abundant large garnets, coarse hornblende, and pyrite. OZca Graphitic Schist- grapite-quartz-biotite-muscovite schist, graphitic quartzite, and interlayered non-graphitic quartz-muscovite schist; locally garnetiferous. OZgr Muscovite Schist with garnets- garnet-biotite-quartz-muscovite schist, quartzose schist and meta-graywacke, with occasional interlayered feldspar-hornblende gneiss/amphibolite. Locally grades into porphyroblastic garnet schist (OZgs). OZsg EXPLANATION OF MAP SYMBOLS Lithologic unit contact- Approximate location Fault (high angle)- Approximate location Fault (thrust)- Approximate location; teeth on upper plate. 36 f.a. Trend and Plunge of small-scale fold axes Strike and Dip of Foliation 65 56 Map station location with associated number 36 c Trend and Plunge of crenulations (c), quartz rods (r), minerals (m), intersections (lin), and fold generations (fi). Fault (strike/slip)- Approximate location Strike and Dip of Exfoliation 23 Overturned, northwest verging, antiform Overturned, northwest verging, synform Biotite Gneiss- garnet (small, minor)-muscovite-biotite-quartz-feldspar gneiss, fine- to medium-grained, schistose in part; interlayered with garnet (small, minor)-biotite-feldspar-quartz-muscovite schist, medium- to coarse-grained; some garnet-rich zones, all layereded with concordant and discordant pegmatite pods, lenses, and layers up to 10 feet thick; foliation wraps around pegmatite pods/lenses. OZbg Amphibolite- amphibole/hornblende gneiss, thinly laminated, fine- to medium-grained hornblende and plagioclase; and chlorite-actinolite schist, very fine-grained; joints are close-spaced and abundant. OZa Orange Gneiss- biotite-quartz-feldspar gneiss, fine- to medium-grained; biotite-hornblende-feldspar gneiss, fine- to medium-grained; and amphibolite, fine- to medium-grained; all are interlayered or intermixed. The rock weathers to a yellow-brown, pink, or brownish gray saprolite/residuum. The remaining part of this lithologic unit consists of small medium- to coarse-grained mafic and ultramafic bodies. OZog
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GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BREVARD ZONE FROM ABANDA, ALABAMA TO ATLANTA, GEORGIAby: Thomas J. Crawford and Randy L. Kath
Department of Geosciences, University of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA 30118
ABSTRACTDetailed geologic mapping at 1:24,000-scale from Abanda, Alabama, to north of Atlanta, Georgia (~148 km), detailedsurface mapping along four tunnel alignments in the metro-Atlanta area, and subsurface mapping of nearly 6 km of a5.5-meter diameter tunnel which trends along strike in the Brevard Zone have provided new insights into the nature andsignificance of this regional geologic feature. Exposures within this, and other tunnels excavated within the Brevard,show extreme lithologic heterogeneity and structural complexity that have not been previously documented within thiszone in metro-Atlanta. Although there are many definitions and interpretations to the meaning of the Brevard Zone, wedefine the Brevard in western Georgia as a relatively narrow zone of doubly plunging, northwest verging, overturnedfolds that have been overprinted by a pervasive shear fabric. Locally, the Brevard contains characteristic phyllonite andvarious types of mylonites and cataclastic rocks; however, these rocks are not always present.
In Alabama, the Brevard is defined as a terrane boundary between the Eastern Blue Ridge and Inner Piedmont/DadevilleComplex. This interpretation is not consistent with our detailed geologic mapping, in that continuous stratigraphic unitsare transected by Brevard shearing. For example, the Long Island Creek Gneiss (LICG) is north of the Brevard in themetro-Atlanta area. Further west along the Brevard trend, the LICG is within the Brevard and has been intensely shearedand silicified (flinty crush rock). Further southwest, near the Alabama state line, the LICG is south of the Brevard andhas a similar character as the exposures in the metro-Atlanta area.
The Brevard has been overthrust in the metro-Atlanta area by the Clairmont Formation (mélange). Rocks within theClairmont show no evidence of Brevard shearing and are interpreted to have been emplaced after Brevard shearingculminated. Both the Clairmont and the Brevard are intruded by the Ben Hill Granite. The Ben Hill cuts across buttonschist, phyllonite, and mylonitic rocks of the Brevard, and itself is unsheared. Preliminary age dates of mica growth inthe Brevard of Alabama by Poole (per com) suggest that the last shearing occurred ~317 Ma. This, coupled with an ageof the Ben Hill (~284 Ma), constrains emplacement of the Clairmont thrust sheet.
References-Etelman, D. J., and Kath, R.L., 2015, An Updated Geologic Map of Sweetwater Creek StatePark, Georgia, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs.Harden, H. M., Kath, R.L., Crawford, T.J., 2013, Geologic Map illustrating the
Tectonostratigraphy and Structural Geology of a part of the Brevard Zone in Georgia:Results from detailed geologic mapping in the Chattahoochee River NationalRecreation Area, Sandy Springs, 7.5-Minute Quadrangle: Geological Society ofAmerica, Abstracts with Programs, vol. 45, No. 7, p. 379.
Hatcher, R.D., Jr., and Bream, B.R., 2007, New Tectonic Map of the southern and centralAppalachians (v. 4.5WIP).
Higgins, M.H., 1968, Geologic Map of the Brevard Fault Zone near Atlanta, Georgia: USGSIMAP 511.
Kath, R.L., and Crawford, T.J., 2006, New Insight into the Brevard Zone in Georgia: Resultsform Detailed Surface and Subsurface Geologic Mapping of Three Large Tunnels inthe metro-Atlanta Area: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol.38, pp. 79
Kath, R.L., and Crawford, T.J., 2001, Detailed Geologic Mapping along the ChattahoocheeTunnel, Cobb County, Georgia: in Kath, R.L., and Crawford, T.J., eds., Across theBrevard Zone: The Geology of the Chattahoochee Interceptor Tunnel, Cobb County,Georgia: Georgia Geological Society Guidebooks, vol. 22, No. 1, pp. 25-38.
Geologic Mapping Supported by- University of West Georgia, Department of Geosciences, Center for Water Resources Geological Society of America, GeoCorps America #2013018 Petrologic Solutions, Inc., Douglasville, GA.
DESCRIPTION OF MAP UNITS
Zoned Feldspar Gneiss-epidote-muscovite-biotite-quartz-feldspar gneiss, fine- to medium-grained,with disseminated very coarse zoned feldspar crystals; very feldspathicoverall; deep weathering is characteristic. Locally contains discontinuouspods/lenses of white mylointe
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Clairmont Melange (Contorted Unit)-sphene-epidote-muscovite-biotite-quartz-feldspar gneiss, medium-grained,schistose in part; interlayered with sphene-epidote-muscovite-quartz-feldspar-biotite schist, medium- to coarse-grained; garnets may be present,but are small and scarce. Hornblende gneiss/amphibolite lenses and layers(commonly boudinaged) are common. Contains, in many places, lensesand discontinuous layers of granite on a scale of feet and ten's of feet.Vein quartz is common. Pegmatitic layers and coarse pegmatites up to 60inches thick are abundant and characteristic; shear foliation in thegneiss/schist wraps around the coarse pegmatites, which are not sheared;this rock mass is extremely contorted; foliations are quite variable overshort distances, and are generally low-angle and undulatory.
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Phyllonite, Button Schist, Mylonite, and Mylonitic Biotite Gneiss-phyllonite, button schist, mylonite, and mylonitic biotite gneiss; allinterlayered on a scale of inches, feet, and 10's of feet. The phylloniteconsists of fine recrystallized muscovite along schistosity surfaces,formed by dislocation (shearing) metamorphism. The mylonitic buttonschist is composed primarily of fine sericite, muscovite, quartz, andfeldspar; with medium- to coarse-grained muscovite forming distinctive“eyes”; there is a well-developed shear foliation. The mylonite iscomposed of sericite, quartz, and feldspar, extremely fine-grained, with apoorly developed foliation. The mylonitic biotite gneiss is composedprimarily of biotite, quartz, and feldspar, very fine-grained; with awell-developed shear foliation.
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Brevard Zone Mylonite (white)-biotite-muscovite-quartz-feldspar mylonite, very fine-grained andfeldspar-rich. This rock unit includes mylonitized granite, composed ofmuscovite, quartz, and feldspar; much of the feldspar is pink andcoarse-grained. Shearing was pervasive and produced a well-developedshear foliation. Weathering is generally moderate to deep and producesa light colored; white, cream, buff, and pink soil.
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Brevard Zone Mylonite (black)-biotite-quartz-feldspar mylonite, with quartz “eyes” and quartz-richlayers; very fine-grained, contains pods and lenses of quartz-tourmaline(?), fine-crystalline. The quartz-rich layers stand out in saproliteexposures. A shear foliation is well-developed and generally verycontorted; jointing is well-developed. Weathering is generally shallowand produces a dark brown to red soil.
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Clairmont Melange Gneiss-epidote-biotite-quartz-feldspar gneiss, medium-grained, schistose in part;locally contains hornblende gneiss/amphibolite lenses and layers.
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Brevard Zone Mylonite (black) and Button Schist-biotite-quartz-feldspar mylonite, with quartz “eyes” and quartz-richlayers; interlayered with mylonitic button schist which is composedprimarily of fine sericite, muscovite, quartz, and feldspar; with medium-to coarse-grained muscovite forming distinctive “buttons” due to S-Cmylonitic fabric.
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Schist, Amphibolite, and Ultramafic-garnet-kyanite-feldspar-muscovite-biotite-quartz schist, fine- tocoarse-grained; very quartzose, in part. Garnet-kyanite-muscovite-biotite-quartz-feldspar gneiss, fine- to coarse-grained,schistose in part; quartzite; medium-grained and clean in part; also, fine-to coarse-grained and micaceous and/or feldspathic.Amphibolite/hornblende gneiss, fine- to medium-grained. Ultramafic-coarse-grained pyroxenes and amphibole; massive; apparently as smallovoid bodies several 10's of feet to a few 100 feet in their longestdimension.
Quartzite-fine-grained, moderately- to well-foliated, locally micaceous, locallycontains fine-grained black opaques.
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Granitic-Gneiss-biotite-quartz-feldspar gneiss, very feldspathic; quartz and feldspar aremedium- to coarse-grained; biotite is fine- to medium-grained. Muscoviteis present where this gneiss is sheared. Shear foliation is commonlydeveloped.
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Rottenwood Creek Mixed Unit-garnet (small, scarce)- biotite-muscovite-quartz-feldspar gneiss, fine- tocoarse-grained; interlayered with garnet-feldspar-biotite-muscovite-quartzschist, medium- to coarse-grained; all gradations from well-developedgneiss to well-developed schist (gneiss, schistose gneiss, gneissic schist,and schist); thin zones contain abundant garnets.
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Biotite Gneiss-garnet (small, minor)-muscovite-biotite-quartz-feldspar gneiss, fine- tomedium-grained, schistose in part; interlayered with garnet (small,minor)-biotite-feldspar-quartz-muscovite schist, medium- tocoarse-grained; some garnet-rich zones, all layereded with concordant anddiscordant pegmatite pods, lenses, and layers up to 10 feet thick; foliationwraps around pegmatite pods/lenses.
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Garnet Schist-kyanite-garnet-biotite-quartz-muscovite schist, coarse-grained, sheared,with abundant pegmatite pods and lenses; structurally overlain andunderlain by quartzite (OZq), fine- to coarse-grained in layers 1-to8-inches thick. The quartzite structurally overlying the schist appears tobe several 10's of feet thick; while the quartzite structurally underlying theschist appears to be less than 10 feet thick.
OZgs
Migmatitic Gneiss-muscovite-biotite-quartz-feldspar-gneiss, with scattered small garnets,fine- to coarse-grained; concordant pegmatites and pegmatitic zones arecommon; quartz veins are small and scattered.
OZmg
Muscovite Schist-garnet-biotite-quartz-muscovite schist, coarse-grained, with tourmalineand thickly disseminated fine black opaques; sheared, with a buttontexture.
OZsh
Amphibolite-amphibole/hornblende gneiss, thinly laminated, fine- to medium-grainedhornblende and plagioclase; and chlorite-actinolite schist, veryfine-grained; joints are close-spaced and abundant.
OZa
Pappasito Schist-garnet-biotite-muscovite-quartz-schist, coarse-grained, with thicklydisseminated fine black opaques; muscovite is generally coarser-grainedthan biotite; sheared, with a button texture. Joints are poorly developedand scarce; shallow-weathering.
OZps
Mixed Schist/Gneiss-garnet-muscovite-biotite-quartz-feldspar gneiss, fine- to medium-grained,and garnet (common to abundant) -feldspar-quartz-muscovite-biotiteschist, medium- to coarse-grained, interlayered; and all extensivelypegmatized with coarse-grained muscovite-quartz-feldspar. Micas in theschist are often coarse-grained and in part oriented across thecompositional layering creating a “tough” rock which resists breaking.This rock unit is very non-uniform. It weathers unevenly, and often innon-planar directions. Where compositional layering and foliations arewell-developed, differential weathering produces a slabby outcrop. Thethickness of weathering residuum varies from thin to thick over shortdistances; and thick residuum often contains large boulder masses ofrelatively fresh rock. Small, apparently ovoid bodies ofbiotite-quartz-feldspar granite (OZg), medium- to coarse-grained,equigranular, massive, without foliation or with a poorly developedfoliation, are scattered in this unit.
OZmu
Orange Gneiss-biotite-quartz-feldspar gneiss, fine- to medium-grained, schistose in part;biotite-hornblende-feldspar gneiss, fine- to medium-grained; andamphibolite, fine- to medium-grained; all are interlayered or intermixed.Together, an in approximately equal parts, these three lithologies make upgreater than 90 percent of this rock unit. The rock weathers to ayellow-brown, pink, or brownish gray saprolite/residuum. The remainingpart of this lithologic unit consists of small medium- to coarse-grainedmafic and ultramafic bodies, apparently ovoid and several feet to a fewhundred feet in their longest dimension, and muscovite-quartz-feldsparpegmatites as much as 8 to 12 feet thick. This rock unit weathers deeply toa soft, feldspathic residuum, except for the coarse-grained mafic andultramafic bodies and the pegmatites. The coarse-grained mafics yield ahard, tough saprolite with well-developed box work; and pegmatites arepresent in residuum as resistant boulders.
OZog
Palisades Quartzite-fine-grained, equigranular, weakly-foliated, massive, cherty, vitreous.OZpq
Gneissic Granite-muscovite-biotite-quartz-feldspar gneissic granite, feldspathic; quartz andfeldspar are medium- to coarse-grained; biotite is fine- tomedium-grained. Shear foliation is commonly developed. Locallycontains schist xenoliths.
OZgg
Long Island Creek Gneiss-sphene-epidote-biotite-quartz-feldspar gneiss, medium- to coarse-grained;very felsic; yields light-colored soil; foliation is moderatelywell-developed.
OZli
Granite (undifferentiated)-biotite-quartz-feldspar granite, medium- to coarse-grained, equigranular,massive, without foliation or with a poorly developed foliation.
OZg
Ben Hill Granite (Carboniferous)-generally massive, poorly foliated to unfoliated, light-gray, porphyritic,muscovite-biotite-quartz plagioclase-microcline granite. Commonly containszoned microcline phenocrysts as long as 5 cm. Occasionally formspavement-style outcrops; weathers to a tan-yellow saprolite with microclinephenocrysts and quartz grains, where more deeply weathered forms a light-redsoil.
Cbh
Palmetto Granite (Carboniferous)-massive, poorly foliated to unfoliated, light-gray, porphyritic,muscovite-biotite-quartz plagioclase-microcline granite. Commonly containszoned microcline phenocrysts as long as 5 cm. Tends to form pavement-styleoutcrops and large pedestal-boulder outcrops; weathers to a tan-yellow saprolitewith microcline phenocrysts and quartz grains, where more deeply weatheredforms a light-red soil. Lithologically identical to the Ben Hill Granite (Cbh).
Cp
Granites and Gneissic Granites
Austell Gneiss (Early Silurian)-medium- to coarse-grained, light- to medium-gray,±muscovite-biotite-quartz-feldspar gneissic granite with megacrysts ofmicrocline (orthoclase?). Locally contains accessory garnet, ilmenite, titanite,tourmaline, apatite and zircon. The microcline megacrysts are typically 1- to 2-mm in length, but range up to 4 mm in length. Generally forms pavement-styleoutcrops and weathers to a yellowish, sandy soil. Near the margins of the body,shearing forms distinct feldspar augens.
Sa
Brevard Zone Lithologies
Dadeville Complex Lithologies
Sand Hill Granite (Silurian?)-medium- to coarse-grained, light- to medium-gray, ±muscovite- biotite-quartz-feldspar gneissic granite with megacrysts of microcline. Themicrocline megacrysts are typically 1- to 2- mm in length, but range upto 4 mm in length. Generally forms pavement-style outcrops andweathers to a yellowish, sandy soil.
Ssh
Camp Odum Granite (Silurian?)-medium- to coarse-grained, light- to medium-gray,±muscovite-biotite-quartz-feldspar gneissic granite withmegacrysts of microcline; locally contains accessorygarnet. Generally forms pavement-style outcrops andweathers to a yellowish, sandy soil; highly shearedthroughout.
Sco
Alteration Zone Rocks-characterized by chlorite, abundant large garnets, coarse hornblende, andpyrite.
OZca
Graphitic Schist-grapite-quartz-biotite-muscovite schist, graphitic quartzite, andinterlayered non-graphitic quartz-muscovite schist; locally garnetiferous.
OZgr
Muscovite Schist with garnets-garnet-biotite-quartz-muscovite schist, quartzose schist andmeta-graywacke, with occasional interlayered feldspar-hornblendegneiss/amphibolite. Locally grades into porphyroblastic garnet schist(OZgs).
OZsg
EXPLANATION OF MAP SYMBOLS
Lithologic unit contact- Approximate location
Fault (high angle)- Approximate location
Fault (thrust)- Approximate location; teeth onupper plate.
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f.a.
Trend and Plunge of small-scale fold axes
Strike and Dip of Foliation65
56 Map station location with associated number
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c
Trend and Plunge of crenulations (c), quartz rods (r),minerals (m), intersections (lin), and fold generations(fi).
Fault (strike/slip)- Approximate location
Strike and Dip of Exfoliation23
Overturned, northwest verging, antiform
Overturned, northwest verging, synform
Biotite Gneiss-garnet (small, minor)-muscovite-biotite-quartz-feldspar gneiss, fine- tomedium-grained, schistose in part; interlayered with garnet (small,minor)-biotite-feldspar-quartz-muscovite schist, medium- tocoarse-grained; some garnet-rich zones, all layereded with concordant anddiscordant pegmatite pods, lenses, and layers up to 10 feet thick; foliationwraps around pegmatite pods/lenses.
OZbg
Amphibolite-amphibole/hornblende gneiss, thinly laminated, fine- to medium-grainedhornblende and plagioclase; and chlorite-actinolite schist, veryfine-grained; joints are close-spaced and abundant.
OZa
Orange Gneiss-biotite-quartz-feldspar gneiss, fine- to medium-grained;biotite-hornblende-feldspar gneiss, fine- to medium-grained; and amphibolite,fine- to medium-grained; all are interlayered or intermixed. The rock weathersto a yellow-brown, pink, or brownish gray saprolite/residuum. The remainingpart of this lithologic unit consists of small medium- to coarse-grained maficand ultramafic bodies.
OZog
