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Wacoochee Complex; Phelps Creek Gneiss

Phelps Creek Gneiss - quartz monzonite to granite gneiss in dikes and sheets with wide migmatite zones at contacts.
StateAlabama
NameWacoochee Complex; Phelps Creek Gneiss
Geologic agePrecambrian to Paleozoic
Original map labelwpc
Primary rock typequartz monzonite
Secondary rock typegranitic gneiss
Other rock typesmigmatite
Lithologic constituents
Major
Igneous > Plutonic > Granitic > Granite > Monzogranite (Dike or sill)quartz monzonite to granite gneiss in dikes and sheets
Metamorphic > Gneissquartz monzonite to granite gneiss in dikes and sheets
Incidental
Metamorphic > Migmatitewith wide migmatite zones at contacts
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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