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  • Usage in publication:
    • Gladesville Norite
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Norite
    • Gneiss
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Piedmont-Blue Ridge province
Publication:

Carpenter, R.H., and Hughes, T.C., 1970, A geochemical and geophysical survey of the Gladesville Norite, Jasper County, Georgia: Georgia Geologic Survey Information Circular, no. 37, 7 p.


Summary:

Gladesville Norite described in Jasper Co., central GA. Characterized by rhythmic layering. Thermal alteration zone along margin. Intrudes gneissic country rocks; cut by later intrusive mafic dikes, pegmatites, and diabase. 7000 m thick. Age is Precambrian(?).

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


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