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Geologic Units: Elberton
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  • Usage in publication:
    • Elberton granite
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Granite
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Piedmont-Blue Ridge province
Publication:

Chayes, Felix, 1952, On the association of perthitic microcline with highly undulant or granular quartz in some calcalkaline granites: American Journal of Science, v. 250, no. 4, p. 281-296.


Summary:

Name Elberton granite introduced in this report for fine-grained massive granite that crops out in vicinity of Elberton. Rock is extensively quarried.

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


  • Usage in publication:
    • Elberton granite
  • Modifications:
    • Areal extent
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Piedmont-Blue Ridge province
Publication:

Crickmay, G.W., 1952, Geology of the crystalline rocks of Georgia: Georgia Geologic Survey Bulletin, no. 58, 54 p.


Summary:

Elberton granite intrudes Little River series in Wilkes Co., eastern GA.

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


  • Usage in publication:
    • Elberton granite
  • Modifications:
    • Geochronologic dating
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Piedmont-Blue Ridge province
Publication:

Grunenfelder, Marc, and Silver, L.T., 1958, Radioactive age dating and its petrologic implications for some Georgia granites [abs.]: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 69, no. 12, pt. 2, p. 1574.


Summary:

Age determinations by isotope-dilution methods on zircon concentrates from Elberton granite yielded ages of 375 to 490 m.y. These data are in contrast with K-Ar and Rb/Sr ages of 250 to 290 m.y. reported from same rocks by previous workers. Older ages indicate a Late Cambrian(?) plutonic episode which has not been recognized in region previously.

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


  • Usage in publication:
    • Elberton Granite*
  • Modifications:
    • Age modified
    • Geochronologic dating
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Piedmont-Blue Ridge province
Publication:

Horton, J.W., Jr., and Butler, J.R., 1981, Geology and mining history of the Kings Mountain belt in the Carolinas; a summary and status report, IN Horton, J.W., Jr., Butler, J.R., and Milton, D.J., eds., Geological investigations of the Kings Mountain belt and adjacent areas in the Carolinas: Carolina Geological Society Field Trip Guidebook, October 24-25, 1981, no. 16, p. 194-212.


Summary:

Age of the Elberton Granite is Mississippian based on whole-rock Rb-Sr age of 350+/-11 m.y. (Ellwood and others, 1980: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 85, p. 6521-6533).

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


  • Usage in publication:
    • Elberton Granite*
  • Modifications:
    • Geochronologic dating
    • Age modified
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Piedmont-Blue Ridge province
Publication:

Nelson, A.E., Horton, J.W., Jr., and Clark, J.W., 1998, Geologic map of the Greenville 1 degree x 2 degrees quadrangle, Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map, I-2175, 2 sheets, 12 p., scale 1:250,000


Summary:

Elberton Granite is Mississippian based on Rb-Sr whole rock age of 350 +/-11 Ma (Ellwood and others, 1980) and U-Pb zircon age of 320 +/-20 Ma (Ross and Bickford, 1980).

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


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