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  • Usage in publication:
    • Farrington igneous complex
  • Modifications:
    • First used
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Piedmont-Blue Ridge province
Publication:

Wagener, H.D., 1964, Compositional variations within the Farrington igneous complex, Chatham and Orange Counties, North Carolina [abs.]: Geological Society of America Special Paper, 76, p. 261.


Summary:

Farrington igneous complex primarily composed of two adjacent contemporaneous intrusions, with total surface area of about 55 sq mi. Complex was emplaced along regional strike of metasedimentary and metavolcanic rocks of the North Carolina slate belt. No age given.

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


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Farrington igneous complex
  • Modifications:
    • Overview
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Diorite
    • Granodiorite
    • Quartz monzonite
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Piedmont-Blue Ridge province
Publication:

Wagener, H.D., 1965, Areal modal variation in the Farrington igneous complex, Chatham and Orange Counties, North Carolina: Southeastern Geology, v. 6, no. 2, p. 49-75.


Summary:

Farrington complex is made up of two adjacent stocks. Western stock has dioritic margins and a granodioritic center. Eastern stock has generally porphyritic quartz monzonitic margins and an equigranular granodioritic central zone. No age given.

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


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Farrington pluton
  • Modifications:
    • Geochronologic dating
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Piedmont-Blue Ridge province
Publication:

Kish, S.A., and Black, W.W., 1982, The Carolina slate belt; origin and evolution of an ancient volcanic arc, Part 2, IN Bearce, D.N., and others, eds., Tectonic studies in the Talladega and Carolina slate belts, southern Appalachian Orogen: Geological Society of America Special Paper, 191, p. 93-97.


Summary:

Rb-Sr ages for Farrington pluton from Fullagar (1971; 1982). Eastern pluton dated 519+/-38 m.y. Western pluton dated 568+/-29 m.y.

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


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

Brown, P.M. (chief geologist), 1985, Geologic map of North Carolina: North Carolina Geological Survey, scale 1:500,000


Summary:

Unit referred to as Farrington pluton on State map. Late Proterozoic to Late Cambrian age based on ages 650 to 520 Ma.

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


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