1960s Field Trip Guidebooks

1960 State: NC

Road Log of the Grandfather Mountain Area, North Carolina

by Bruce Bryant and John C. Reed, Jr.

Fifteen stops in and around the Grandfather Mountain window, in the Linville, Table Rock, Blowing Rock, and Lenoir 15-minute quadrangles. Includes a stop at the Linville Falls fault. 21 pages, 2 figures.

Hard copy source: out of print

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1961 State: SC

Relationships between the Carolina Slate Belt and the Charlotte Belt in Newberry County, S.C.

by J.F. McCauley and

Fall Line Stratigraphy Northeast of Columbia, S.C.

by H.S. Johnson, Jr.

28 pages, 1 figure, published as FG-4 by SC Dev. Board, Geologic Notes, v. 5, no. 5.

Hard copy source: South Carolina Geological Survey, Price $2.00.

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1962 State: NC

Road Log of the Geology of Moore County, N.C.

by J.F. Conley

A simple road log to 20 stops of interest in Moore County, including metavolcanic/metasedimentary units, Triassic basin rocks, and upper Coastal Plain deposits. Limited geologic descriptions. 6 pages, 1 figure.

Hard copy source: North Carolina Geological Survey, Price $1.50

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1963 States: SC, NC

Guide to the Geology of Pickens and Oconee Counties, South Carolina

by C.J. Cazeau and C.Q. Brown

An introduction to the metamorphic rock complex of the westernmost portion of South Carolina, where the Piedmont and the Blue Ridge physiographic provinces merge. 10 pages, 2 figures, published in Geologic Notes, SC Dev. Board, v. 7, no. 5., FG-5.

Hard copy source: Out of print

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1964 State: NC

Road Log of the Chatham, Randolph and Orange County areas, North Carolina

by George L. Bain, Eldon P. Allen, William F. Wilson and James R. Butler

Metavolcanic and metasedimentary units of the Carolina Slate Belt in the east-central Piedmont of North Carolina. 23 pages, 1 figure, 1 map. Large format geologic map and field stop map are available by request only.

Hard copy source: North Carolina Geological Survey, Price $3.00

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1965 State: SC

Guide to the Geology of York County, South Carolina, Carolina Geological Society Field Trip

by James R. Butler

Ten field trip stops along an east-west traverse across the Carolina Slate Belt, Charlotte Belt, and Kings Mountain Belt. 10 pages, 1 figure, published in Geologic Notes, SC Dev. Board, v. 9, no. 2, p. 27-36.

Hard copy source: South Carolina Geological Survey, Price $2.00.

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1966 State: NC

Guidebook of Excursion in Cabarrus County, North Carolina

by H.E. LeGrand and Henry Bell III

Subjects observed or discussed include 1) Piedmont geologic rock types and structures, 2) the syenite ring dike, 3) a widespread granite-diorite complex, 4) geochemical reconnaissance for ore deposits, 5) subsurface profiles of the weathered zone, water table, and fracture zone, and 6) geomorphology. 39 pages, 1 table, 7 figures.

Hard copy source: North Carolina Geological Survey, Price $3.00

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1967 States: VA, NC, TN

Guide to the Geology of the Mt. Rogers Area, Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee

by Douglas W. Rankin

A “high-altitude” trip at the triple junction of North Carolina, Virginia, and Tennessee. The area covered by the field trip includes unmetamorphosed rocks of the Valley and Ridge, the Unaka belt, and the Precambrian crystalline rocks of the Blue Ridge belt, including the Mt. Rogers Volcanic Group. 48 pages, 3 figures.

Hard copy source: Out of print

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1968 State: SC

Stratigraphy, Structure, and Petrology of the Piedmont in Central South Carolina

by D.T. Secor and H.D. Wagener

A geologic tour of the Carolina Slate belt and Charlotte belt contact in the central Piedmont of South Carolina. 18 pages, 1 table, 1 large map, published in SC Geologic Notes, v. 12, no. 4, FG-8. Large format geologic map is available by request only.

Hard copy source: South Carolina Geological Survey, Price $2.00.

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1969 State: SC

Carolina Geological Society Field Trip Guidebook for Northwestern South Carolina

by. V.S. Griffin, and Robert D. Hatcher Jr.

The authors present two separate papers comparing and contrasting their interpretations of preliminary geologic mapping in the Inner Piedmont of northwestern South Carolina. 60 pages, 3 tables, 17 figures, 19 plates, published in SC Geologic Notes, v. 13, no. 4, p. 143-147, FG-9. Large format geologic map and tectonic map are available by request only.

Hard copy source: South Carolina Geological Survey, Price $2.00.

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