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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

26

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