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English: Plate XX from The Geology of the Richmond Basin published by USGS, which has the following caption:
Gneiss of western border (of the Richmond Basin), showing joints and thrust plane, Three Chop Road. Looking north.
The text of the report refers to the figure:
The gneisses.—The extreme northern and southern ends of the Richmond basin are bordered by gneissic rocks, which are continuous along the western margin except for occasional dikes of granite interpolated in them. The gneiss appears to be largely igneous rock also, but in an altered condition from the effects of pressure and shearing. The most common type resembles quartz-porphyry, which has been extensively sheared, faulted, and jointed. Some of its secondary structures are shown in the accompanying reproduction of a photograph taken along the western border where streams have removed the weathered subsoil (see Pl. XX).
Date
Source Nathaniel Southgate Shaler and Jay Backus Woodworth, 1899. Geology of the Richmond Basin, Virginia. U.S. Government Printing Office. United States Geological Survey.
Author USGS

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Gneiss of western border of the Richmond Basin, showing joints and thrust plane

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