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  • Usage in publication:
    • Lost Mountain Amphibolite Member
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Amphibolite
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Piedmont-Blue Ridge province
Publication:

McConnell, K.I., and Abrams, C.E., 1984, Geology of the greater Atlanta region: Georgia Geologic Survey Bulletin, no. 96, 127 p.


Summary:

The Lost Mountain Amphibolite Member of the Univeter Formation of the New Georgia Group is here named in northwest GA. It forms two limbs of a fold traceable for 80 mi in the Univeter and encloses the Rose Creek Church Schist Member of the Univeter. It consists of hornblende-plagioclase amphibolite, hornblende gneiss, and local layers of banded iron formation. Age is Late Proterozoic and (or) early Paleozoic.

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


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Lost Mountain Member
  • Modifications:
    • Reinstated
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Piedmont-Blue Ridge province
Publication:

German, J.M., 1988, The geology of gold occurrences in the west-central Georgia Piedmont: Georgia Geologic Survey Bulletin, no. 107, 48 p.


Summary:

Lost Mountain Amphibolite Member of Univeter Formation is here changed to Lost Mountain Member as unit contains lithologies other than amphibolite. Rose Creek Schist Member is retained unchanged.

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


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Lost Mountain†
  • Modifications:
    • Abandoned
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Piedmont-Blue Ridge province
Publication:

Higgins, M.W., Atkins, R.L., Crawford, T.J., Crawford, R.F., III, Brooks, Rebekah, and Cook, R.B., Jr., 1988, The structure, stratigraphy, tectonostratigraphy, and evolution of the southernmost part of the Appalachian Orogen, Georgia and Alabama: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper, 1475, 173 p., (incl. geologic map, scale 1:500,000)


Summary:

The Lost Mountain Amphibolite Member of the Univeter Formation of McConnell and Abrams (1984) is here abandoned because its rocks are now mapped as Ropes Creek Metabasalt.

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


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