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Wacoochee Complex; Halawaka Schist

Halawaka Schist - feldspathic muscovite-biotite schist and quartz-diorite gneiss; locally contains lenses of muscovite-graphite schist and amphibolite; commonly cut by feldspathic veins and pegmatites.
StateAlabama
NameWacoochee Complex; Halawaka Schist
Geologic agePrecambrian to Paleozoic
Original map labelwh
Primary rock typemica schist
Secondary rock typegneiss
Other rock typespegmatite
Lithologic constituents
Major
Metamorphic > Schist > Mica-schistfeldspathic muscovite-biotite schist; locally contains lenses of muscovite-graphite schist
Metamorphic > Gneissquartz-diorite gneiss
Minor
Metamorphic > Amphibolite (Amphibolite)locally contains lenses of muscovite-graphite schist and amphibolite
Incidental
Igneous > Plutonic > Granitic > Leucocratic-granitic > Pegmatitecommonly cut by feldspathic veins and pegmatites.
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

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