GRD02JDS0

G1202

Quartz Sandstone

Paleozoic › Cambrian › Terreneuvian
521.0 - 542.0

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Ritter 154 › Cabinet 17 › Drawer D

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Quartz sandstone (very coarse sandstone; Unicoi formation (lowest of 3 sandstones in Chilhowee Group). dominantly subrounded Q, minor feldspar and rock fragments trace tourmaline, zircon, apatite and oxides; metamorphosed to lower greenschist facies)

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Big Marys Creek, VA

Virginia
20 km NE of Lexington; Big Marys Creek
Latitude: 38.8726°
Longitude: -79.206°

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Wilkes_VDMR_2007
Wilkes, G.P., Spencer, E.W., Evans, N.H., Campbell, E.V.M., 2007, Geology of Rockbridge County, Virginia: Virginia Division of Mineral Resources Publication 170, 33 p.