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Ashe Metamorphic Suite and Tallulah Falls Formation; Mica schist

Mica schist - locally sulfidic and graphitic; minor interlayered mica gneiss and amphibolite.
StateNorth Carolina
NameAshe Metamorphic Suite and Tallulah Falls Formation; Mica schist
Geologic ageLate Proterozoic
Original map labelZats
Primary rock typemica schist
Secondary rock typegneiss
Other rock typesamphibolite
Lithologic constituents
Major
Metamorphic > Schist > Mica-schistMica schist - locally sulfidic and graphitic
Minor
Metamorphic > Gneissminor interlayered mica gneiss
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 coverageAlleghany - Ashe

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