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Kahatchee Mountain Group; Sawyer Limestone Member of Brewer Phyllite

Sawyer Limestone Member of Brewer Phyllite - light to medium-gray argillaceous, silty to siliceous calcite and dolomite marble interbedded with phyllite and quartzite, locally cherty.
StateAlabama
NameKahatchee Mountain Group; Sawyer Limestone Member of Brewer Phyllite
Geologic agePrecambrian?-Cambrian?
Original map labelkbs
Primary rock typemarble
Secondary rock typephyllite
Other rock typesquartzite
Lithologic constituents
Major
Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metacarbonate > Marblelight to medium-gray argillaceous, silty to siliceous calcite and dolomite marble
Minor
Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > Quartzite
Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > Phyllite
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 coverageChilton - Shelby

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