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The geology of an area of 660 square miles mostly in the northeastern corner of Tennessee and small adjacent areas in Virginia and North Carolina is the subject of this report. The region lies principally in the Unaka province, with extensions northwestward into the Appalachian Valley and southwestward into the Blue Ridge province. The report combines results of surveys made between 1941 and 1953 by the U. S. Geological Survey, the Tennessee Division of Geology, and the Tennessee Valley Authority, and is published in cooperation with the Tennessee Division of Geology. Northeasternmost Tennessee is a region of widespread mineralization and was formerly important for mineral production. Iron, manganese, and bauxite...
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Alluvium,
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Argillite,
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Austinville,
Baldwin Gap,
Blue Ridge,
Bluff City,
Bristol,
Cambrian,
Carbonate rock,
Carter,
Cenozoic,
Chert,
Conglomerate,
Conococheague Limestone,
Damascus,
Doe,
Dolostone,
Economic Geology,
Elbrook Dolomite,
Elizabethton,
Elk Mills,
Elk Park,
Erwin,
Erwin Formation,
Flaser gneiss,
Gneiss,
Granite,
Granodiorite,
Gravel,
Grayson,
Graywacke,
Greenstone,
Hampton,
Hampton Formation,
Holston Valley,
Honaker Dolomite,
Iron Mountain Gap,
Iron Mountains,
Jonesboro Limestone,
Keenburg,
Konnarock,
Latite,
Laurel Bloomery,
Lenoir Limestone,
Limestone,
Lucy Creek,
Lynn Mountain,
Migmatite,
Mill Creek,
Mount Rogers volcanic group,
Mountain City,
Mylonite,
Nolichucky Shale,
North Carolina,
Ordovician,
Paleozoic,
Phyllite,
Phyllonite,
Precambrian,
Quartz monzonite,
Quartzite,
Quaternary,
Rhyolite,
Rome Formation,
Sandstone,
Schist,
Shady Dolomite,
Shady Valley,
Shale,
Sherwood,
Siltstone,
Slate,
South Holston Lake,
Stone Mountain,
Stratigraphy,
Structural Geology,
Talus,
Tennessee,
Tertiary,
Tuff,
USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC),
Unicoi Formation,
Valley Forge,
Virginia,
Watauga,
White Rocks Mountain,
Zionville,
iron,
manganese,
metamorphic rocks,
metamorphism (geological),
plutonic rocks,
sedimentary rocks,
unconsolidated deposits,
volcanic rocks,
zinc, Fewer tags
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