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Pine Mountain Group; Manchester Schist

Manchester Schist - interlayered muscovite-quartz schist and quartzite, locally contains garnet, sillimanite and graphite; commonly intensely shared.
StateAlabama
NamePine Mountain Group; Manchester Schist
Geologic agePrecambrian to Paleozoic
Original map labelpm
Primary rock typeschist
Secondary rock typequartzite
Other rock types
Lithologic constituents
Major
Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > Quartziteinterlayered muscovite-quartz schist and quartzite, locally contains garnet, sillimanite and graphite; commonly intensely shared.
Metamorphic > Schistinterlayered muscovite-quartz schist and quartzite, locally contains garnet, sillimanite and graphite; commonly intensely shared.
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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