Ashe Metamorphic Suite and Tallulah Falls Formation; Muscovite-biotite gneiss (NCZatm;2)

State	North Carolina
Name	Ashe Metamorphic Suite and Tallulah Falls Formation; Muscovite-biotite gneiss
Geologic age	Late Proterozoic
Original map label	Zatm
Primary rock type	gneiss
Secondary rock type	mica schist
Other rock types	amphibolite
Lithologic constituents	Major Metamorphic > Schist > Mica-schistinterlayered and gradational with mica schist Metamorphic > GneissMuscovite-biotite gneiss - locally sulfidic; interlayered and gradational with hornblende gneiss Minor Metamorphic > Amphibolite
Map references	The North Carolina Dept. of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, Division of Land Resources, NC Geological Survey, in cooperation with the NC Center for Geographic Information and Analysis, 1998, Geology - North Carolina (1:250,000), coverage data file geol250. The data represents the digital equivalent of the official State Geology map (1:500,000 scale), but was digitized from (1:250,000 scale) base maps.
Unit references	Rhodes, Thomas S., and Conrad, Stephen G., 1985, Geologic Map of North Carolina: Department of Natural Resources and Community Development, Division of Land Resources, and the NC Geological Survey, 1:500,000-scale, compiled by Brown, Philip M., et al, and Parker, John M. III, and in association with the State Geologic Map Advisory Committee. The North Carolina Dept. of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, Division of Land Resources, NC Geological Survey, in cooperation with the NC Center for Geographic Information and Analysis, 1998, Geology - North Carolina (1:250,000), coverage data file geol250. The data represents the digital equivalent of the official State Geology map (1:500,000 scale), but was digitized from (1:250,000 scale) base maps.
Geographic coverage	Alleghany - Ashe - Avery - Buncombe - Haywood - Henderson - Jackson - Macon - Madison - Mitchell - Transylvania - Watauga - Yancey