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Dadeville Complex; Camp Hill Granite Gneiss

Camp Hill Granite Gneiss - coarse to medium-grained foliated granite to quartz diorite (tonalite) gneiss, locally biotite-rich; locally contains thin amphibolite pods and lenses. Boundary between Rock Mills Granite Gneiss and Camp Hill Granite Gneiss arbitrarily defined.
StateAlabama
NameDadeville Complex; Camp Hill Granite Gneiss
Geologic agePrecambrian to Paleozoic
Original map labeldch
Primary rock typegranitic gneiss
Secondary rock typeamphibolite
Other rock types
Lithologic constituents
Major
Metamorphic > Gneisscoarse to medium-grained foliated granite to quartz diorite (tonalite) gneiss, locally biotite-rich
Minor
Metamorphic > Amphibolite (Amphibolite)locally contains thin amphibolite pods and lenses.
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 coverageChambers - Elmore - Lee - Tallapoosa

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