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Heflin Phyllite

Heflin Phyllite - grayish-green, medium-gray, and medium-bluish-gray calcareous sandy metasiltstone interbedded with minor greenish-gray fine to coarse-grained metasandstone and rare thin lenses of calcite and dolomite marble; an interval of greenish-gray to dark-gray phyllitic quartzite or quartz-pebble metaconglomerate is locally present near the base. The Heflin underlies the Lay Dam Formation and overlies the rocks tentatively identified as the Chilhowee Group undifferentiated.
StateAlabama
NameHeflin Phyllite
Geologic ageCambrian?
Original map labelhp
Primary rock typemetasedimentary rock
Secondary rock typequartzite
Other rock typesmarble
Lithologic constituents
Major
Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > Metasiltstonegrayish-green, medium-gray, and medium-bluish-gray calcareous sandy metasiltstone interbedded with minor greenish-gray fine to coarse-grained metasandstone; an interval of greenish-gray to dark-gray phyllitic quartzite or quartz-pebble metaconglomerate is locally present near the base.
Minor
Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > Metasandstonegrayish-green, medium-gray, and medium-bluish-gray calcareous sandy metasiltstone interbedded with minor greenish-gray fine to coarse-grained metasandstone; an interval of greenish-gray to dark-gray phyllitic quartzite or quartz-pebble metaconglomerate is locally present near the base.
Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > Quartzitean interval of greenish-gray to dark-gray phyllitic quartzite
Incidental
Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metacarbonate > Marblerare thin lenses of calcite and dolomite marble
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 coverageCalhoun - Cleburne - Talladega

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