AZ

MZ

GH/SH

KMSZ

S

BR

SZ

CA

LSZ

RRBZ

BTSZ

SS

SS

OSSIGNIFICANT STRUCTRALFEATURES

SIGNIFICANT WAVE-CUT SCARPS

AZ Augusta zone

BZ Brevard zone

BRSZ Buzzards Roost shear zone

CA Cross Anchor fault

RR Reedy River fault zone

GH/SH Gold Hill / Silver Hill shear zone

KMSZ Kings Mountain shear zone

LSZ Lowndesville shear zone

S

OS

SS

Seneca thrustAugusta terrane

Blue Ridge

Charlotte terrane

Carolina terrane (slate belt)

Chauga belt

Laurens thrust stack

Sixmile thrust sheet

Walhalla thrust sheet

Kings Mountain terrane

Savannah River terrane

BLUE RIDGE AND PIEDMONT

COASTAL PLAINQUATERNARY

TERTIARY

CRETACEOUS

TRIASSIC

IGNEOUS ROCKS

Holocene

Pleistocene

Pliocene

Paleocene, Eocene,and Miocene

Upper Cretaceous

Triassic basins

Gabbro

Granite

DESCRIPTION OF MAP UNITS

Generalized Geologic Map of South Carolina2005

N

South CarolinaDepartment of Natural Resources

Geological SurveySouth Carol inaDepartment of

Natural Resources

Geological Survey1825

0 40 kilometers10 302010

0 40 miles10 302010

BTSZ Boogertown shear zone

Orangeburg Scarp

Surry Scarp

Revised by Willoughby, Howard, and Nystrom, 2005

Original compilation by Maybin and Nystrom, 1997

MZ Modoc shear zone