High alumina metamorphic rocks of the Kings Mountain district, North Carolina and South Carolina
Open-File Report
54-248
By: Donald Brandreth Potter
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Abstract
The following evidence suggests that high alumina quartzite in this district is of metasedimentary origin: high alumina quartzite occurs as well defined thin beds that can be traced up to three and one half miles along strike; many outcrops of high alumina quartzite exhibit compositional layering (i.e., kyanigte quartzite is interlayered with staurolite quartzite, and with non-kyanitic magnetiferous quartzite); high alumina quartzite beds occur in a conformable sequence of high alumina metasedimentary and metavolcanic schists. It is suggested that the high alumina quartzite beds are metamorphosed beds of sandy or silty clay; these beds probably represent one stage in the deposition of fine grained clayey clastic sediments.
No evidence was found to support the view of Smith and Newcombe (1951) that the kyanite at Henry Knob developed by hudrothermal introduction of alumina. The present study indicates that kyanite in the kyanite quartzite here, as throughout the district, is of metasedimentary origin.
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | High alumina metamorphic rocks of the Kings Mountain district, North Carolina and South Carolina |
| Series title | Open-File Report |
| Series number | 54-248 |
| DOI | 10.3133/ofr54248 |
| Edition | - |
| Year Published | 1954 |
| Language | ENGLISH |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey, |
| Description | 201 p. :maps ;30 cm. |
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