GRANITES OF NORTH CAROLINA.' 



CONTENTS. 



Introduction. 



Distribution of the Granites. 

 Types of the Granites. 

 Normal granites. 

 Porphyritic granites. ' 



Relations between the porphyritic and the even-granular granites in 

 the Mooresville .area. 

 Granite-gneiss. 

 Relations between the Three Granite Types. 

 Granites of the Coastal Plain Region. 

 General characters. 

 Lithological characters. 



The Wilson pink granite area. 

 The Elm City area. 

 The Rocky Mount area. 



The Wadesboro-Rockingham porphyritic granite area. 

 Granites of the Piedmont Plateau Region. 

 General characters. 



The northeastern Carolina Granite Belt. 

 Lithological characters. 

 The Raleigh area. 

 The Greystone area. 

 The Main Granite Belt. 

 General characters. 

 Lithological characters. 



The Dunn's Mountain area. 

 The Mooresville area. 

 The Mecklenburg county areas. 

 The Western Piedmont gneiss and Granite Belt. 

 General characters. 

 Lithological characters. 



The Mount Airy granite area. 

 Granites of the Appalachian Mountain Region. 

 General characters. 

 Lithological characters. 

 The Unakite area. 



I PubKshed by permission of the state geologist of North Carolina. 



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