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Mylonitic and Cataclastic Rocks in the Brevard, Towaliga, and Goat Rock Fault Zones

Mylonitic and Cataclastic Rocks in the Brevard, Towaliga, and Goat Rock Fault Zones - blastomylonite, mylonite gneiss, locally includes mylonite schist and mylonite quartzite in Towaliga fault zone.
StateAlabama
NameMylonitic and Cataclastic Rocks in the Brevard, Towaliga, and Goat Rock Fault Zones
Geologic agePrecambrian to Paleozoic
Original map labelbm
CommentsUnits 'my, bm, and cr' are all descibed under the one heading of 'Mylonitic and Cataclastic...ect...'; they do not have individual names....so used the same unit name for all three.
Primary rock typemylonite
Secondary rock typegneiss
Other rock typesschist; quartzite
Lithologic constituents
Major
Tectonite > Myloniteblastomylonite, mylonite gneiss; locally includes mylonite schist and mylonite quartzite in Towaliga fault zone.
Metamorphic > Gneissmylonite gneiss
Minor
Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > Quartzitelocally includes mylonite quartzite in Towaliga fault zone.
Metamorphic > Schistlocally includes mylonite schist
Map references
Szabo, M. W., Osborne, E. W., Copeland, C. W. Jr., Neathery; T. L., 1988, Geologic Map of Alabama, Geological Survey of Alabama Special Map 220, scale 1:250,000.
Unit references
Szabo, M. W., Osborne, E. W., Copeland, C. W. Jr., Neathery; T. L., 1988, Geologic Map of Alabama, Geological Survey of Alabama Special Map 220, scale 1:250,000.
Geographic coverageLee - Macon

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