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Geologic Unit: Candler
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  • Usage in publication:
    • Candler
  • Modifications:
    • Incidental mention
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Piedmont-Blue Ridge province
Publication:

Brown, W.R., 1951, James River synclinorium and related structures in the western Virginia Piedmont [abs.]: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 62, no. 12, pt. 2, p. 1547.


Summary:

Candler phyllite and schist. Incidental mention.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 604).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Candler formation
  • Modifications:
    • Principal reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Phyllite
    • Schist
    • Quartzite
    • Volcanics
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Piedmont-Blue Ridge province
Publication:

Brown, W.R., 1953, Structural framework and mineral resources of the Virginia Piedmont, IN McGrain, P., ed., Proceedings of the southeastern mineral symposium, 1950: Kentucky Geological Survey Special Publication, 9th series, no. 1, p. 88-111.


Summary:

Pg. 91 (fig. 1), 93. Candler formation of Evington group. Described as lustrous gray-green phyllite and fine- to coarse-grained schists. Some quartzites and greenstone volcanics(?). Garnet-, staurolite-, and chlorite-bearing facies widespread in eastern areas. Thickness ranges from 1,500 to about 4,000 feet. Underlies Joshua schist (new); also of Evington group (new) of Paleozoic(?) age. Overlies Catoctin greenstone. Type locality designated. Age is Paleozoic(?).
Type locality: Candler Mountain, 2 mi south of Lynchburg, Lynchburg quadrangle, Campbell Co., south-central VA.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 604).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Candler formation
  • Modifications:
    • Revised
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Piedmont-Blue Ridge province
Publication:

Brown, W.R., and Sunderman, H.C., 1954, Geologic relations in and between Esmont and Arvonia slate districts, Virginia [abs.]: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 65, no. 12, pt. 2, p. 1356.


Summary:

Candler formation. Includes Esmont slate facies (new). [Age is Paleozoic(?).]

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 604).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Candler formation
  • Modifications:
    • Areal extent
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Piedmont-Blue Ridge province
Publication:

Espenshade, G.H., 1954, Geology and mineral deposits of the James River-Roanoke River manganese district, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 1008, 155 p.


Summary:

Pg. 14-16, pl. 1. Candler formation. Thin lenses of white quartzite and white marble and lenses of blue marble locally interbedded with phyllite. Age is Paleozoic(?).

Source: Publication; US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 604).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Candler formation
  • Modifications:
    • Age modified
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Piedmont-Blue Ridge province
Publication:

Brown, W.R., 1958, Geology and mineral resources of the Lynchburg quadrangle, Virginia: Virginia Division of Mineral Resources Bulletin, no. 74, 99 p.


Summary:

Pg. 8 (fig. 2), 31-33, 48, pl. 1. Candler formation. Age shown on columnar section as early Paleozoic(?).

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 604).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Candler Formation
  • Modifications:
    • Age modified
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Piedmont-Blue Ridge province

Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Candler Formation
  • Modifications:
    • Age modified
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Piedmont-Blue Ridge province
Publication:

Good, R.S., 1978, Correlation of stream-sediment mineralogy with geology, central Piedmont of Virginia, IN Contributions to Virginia geology, III: Virginia Division of Mineral Resources Publication, no. 7, p. 99-113.


Summary:

Pg. 100-101 (fig. 1). Candler Formation. Muscovite, chlorite and paragonite-bearing phyllite, feldspathic schist, quartzite, graywacke metamorphosed at greenschist grade. Contact with overlying Chopawamsic Formation (late Precambrian and Cambrian) gradational from more sedimentary character in west to volcanic in east. Age is late Precambrian.

Source: Publication; GNC index card files (USGS-Reston).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Candler Formation
  • Modifications:
    • Overview
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Piedmont-Blue Ridge province
Publication:

Rader, E.K., and Evans, N.H., 1993, Geologic map of Virginia; expanded explanation: Virginia Division of Mineral Resources, 80 p.


Summary:

Candler Formation mapped as two separate lithologic units: phyllite and schist, and laminated metasiltstone. Phyllite and schist unit is described as medium- to dark-gray and greenish-gray mica phyllite and sandy laminated schist. Lenses and pods of feldspathic quartzite, metamorphosed quartzarenite, dolomitic marble, and dark-gray to medium-bluish-gray, laminated marble are common in upper part. Outcrop belt of phyllite and schists extends from the VA-NC boundary in Patrick Co., northeastward to at least the north end of Buffalo Ridge on the Amherst-Campbell Co. line. In Orange Co., the Candler includes the True Blue formation of Pavlides (1989, 1990). The laminated metasiltstone unit, found northeast of the Scottsville Mesozoic basin, is grayish-green, fine- to very fine grained, laminated schistose and phyllitic. In southeastern Albemarle Co., unit contains discontinuous interbeds of ferruginous metatuff. This unit conformably overlies the Catoctin Formation. Cambrian age shown here.

Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Candler Formation*
  • Modifications:
    • Overview
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Piedmont-Blue Ridge province
Publication:

Pavlides, Louis, 1994, Continental margin deposits and the Mountain Run fault zone of Virginia; Stratigraphy and tectonics, IN Drake, A.A., Jr., and Pavlides, Louis, Stratigraphic notes, 1993: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 2076-B, 9 p.


Summary:

Lower Cambrian(?) Candler Formation is probably a continuation of phyllitic rocks of melange zone IV of Mine Run Complex.

Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).


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