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20 95 26 77 Generalized Geologic Map of South Carolina 2005 Scale 1 : 1,000,000 DESCRIPTION OF MAP UNITS SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURAL FEATURES AZ Augusta zone BZ Brevard zone BRSZ Buzzards Roost shear zone CA Cross Anchor fault Cross Anchor fault OS Orangeburg scarp SS Surry scarp RR Reedy River fault zone GH/SH Gold Hill / Silver Hill shear zone KMSZ Kings Mountain shear zone LSZ Lowndesville shear zone MZ Modoc shear zone S Seneca thrust BTSZ Boogertown shear zone GGMS-1 0 10 20 30 40 0 10 20 30 40 mi km South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, Geological Survey 5 Geology Road Columbia, SC 29212 (803) 896-7708 For this and other publications please visit: www.dnr.sc.gov/geology Revised by Willoughby, Howard, and Nystrom, 2005 Original compilation by Maybin and Nystrom, 1997 SS SS COASTAL PLAIN QUATERNARY Holocene Pleistocene TERTIARY Pliocene Paleocene, Eocene, and Miocene CRETACEOUS Upper Cretaceous TRIASSIC Triassic basins BLUE RIDGE AND PIEDMONT Blue Ridge Chauga belt Walhalla thrust sheet Sixmile thrust sheet Laurens thrust stack Kings Mountain terrane Charlotte terrane Carolina terrane (slate belt) Savannah River terrane Augusta terrane INTRUSIVE IGNEOUS ROCKS Gabbro Granite SIGNIFICANT WAVE-CUT SCARPS OS 85 COLUMBIA CHARLESTON GREENVILLE FLORENCE AIKEN AZ MZ GH/SH KMSZ S BRSZ CA LSZ RR BZ BTSZ MYRTLE BEACH 26 ROCK HILL SPARTANBURG ORANGEBURG ANDERSON PICKENS OCONEE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG ANDERSON ABBEVILLE LAURENS GREENWOOD McCORMICK EDGEFIELD AIKEN BARNWELL ALLENDALE HAMPTON JASPER BEAUFORT CHARLESTON GEORGETOWN HORRY DILLON MARLBORO CHESTERFIELD LANCASTER YORK CHEROKEE LEXINGTON RICHLAND CALHOUN ORANGEBURG BAMBERG WILLIAMSBURG BERKELEY DORCHESTER CLARENDON SUMTER KERSHAW LEE DARLINGTON FLORENCE MARION CHESTER FAIRFIELD NEWBERRY SALUDA UNION COLLETON Revision Type Date Version Surry Scarp refined Geology revised 1.1 2.0 06/2005 04/2006
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Generalized Geologic Map of South Carolina2005
Scale 1 : 1,000,000
DESCRIPTION OF MAP UNITS
SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURAL FEATURES
AZ Augusta zone
BZ Brevard zone
BRSZ Buzzards Roost shear zone
CA Cross Anchor faultCross Anchor fault
OS Orangeburg scarpSS Surry scarp
RR Reedy River fault zone
GH/SH Gold Hill / Silver Hill shear zone
KMSZ Kings Mountain shear zone
LSZ Lowndesville shear zone
MZ Modoc shear zone
S Seneca thrust
BTSZ Boogertown shear zone
GGMS-1
0 10 20 30 40
0 10 20 30 40
mi
km
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources,Geological Survey
5 Geology RoadColumbia, SC 29212
(803) 896-7708
For this and other publications please visit:www.dnr.sc.gov/geology
Revised by Willoughby, Howard, and Nystrom, 2005
Original compilation by Maybin and Nystrom, 1997
SS
SS
COASTAL PLAIN
QUATERNARY
Holocene
Pleistocene
TERTIARY
Pliocene
Paleocene, Eocene, and Miocene
CRETACEOUS
Upper Cretaceous
TRIASSIC
Triassic basins
BLUE RIDGE AND PIEDMONT
Blue Ridge
Chauga belt
Walhalla thrust sheet
Sixmile thrust sheet
Laurens thrust stack
Kings Mountain terrane
Charlotte terrane
Carolina terrane (slate belt)
Savannah River terrane
Augusta terrane
INTRUSIVE IGNEOUS ROCKS
Gabbro
GraniteSIGNIFICANT WAVE-CUT SCARPS
OS
85
COLUMBIA
CHARLESTON
GREENVILLE
FLORENCE
AIKEN
AZ
MZ
GH/SH
KMSZ
S
BRSZ
CA
LSZ
RRBZ
BTSZ
MYRTLE BEACH
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ROCK HILLSPARTANBURG
ORANGEBURG
ANDERSON
PICKENS
OCONEE
GREENVILLE
SPARTANBURG
ANDERSON
ABBEVILLE
LAURENS
GREENWOOD
McCORMICK
EDGEFIELD
AIKEN
BARNWELL
ALLENDALE
HAMPTON
JASPER
BEAUFORT
CHARLESTON
GEORGETOWN
HORRY
DILLON
MARLBOROCHESTERFIELDLANCASTER
YORKCHEROKEE
LEXINGTON
RICHLAND
CALHOUN
ORANGEBURG
BAMBERG
WILLIAMSBURG
BERKELEY
DORCHESTER
CLARENDON
SUMTER
KERSHAW
LEE
DARLINGTON
FLORENCE
MARION
CHESTER
FAIRFIELD
NEWBERRY
SALUDA
UNION
COLLETON
Revision Type Date Version
Surry Scarp refined
Geology revised
1.1
2.0
06/2005
04/2006
