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Emuckfaw Group; Emuckfaw Group undifferentiated in part

Emuckfaw Group undifferentiated in part - interbedded muscovite +/- garnet-biotite schist, metagraywacke, calc-silicate rock, and quartzite; rare thin amphibolite. Includes thin layers of aluminous graphitic schist. Locally sheared to mylonite schist.
StateAlabama
NameEmuckfaw Group; Emuckfaw Group undifferentiated in part
Geologic agePrecambrian to Paleozoic
Original map labelem
Primary rock typemica schist
Secondary rock typemetasedimentary rock
Other rock typesquartzite; calc-silicate rock; amphibolite
Lithologic constituents
Major
Metamorphic > Schistinterbedded muscovite +/- garnet-biotite schist, Includes thin layers of aluminous graphitic schist. Locally sheared to mylonite schist.
Minor
Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Calc-silicate-rockcalc-silicate rock
Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > Metasandstone > Metagraywackemetagraywacke
Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > Quartzite
Incidental
Metamorphic > Amphibolite (Amphibolite)
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 - Coosa - Elmore - Randolph - Tallapoosa

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