Alligator Back Formation - Banded marble (VACAZac;0)

State	Virginia
Name	Alligator Back Formation - Banded marble
Geologic age	Proterozoic Z-Cambrian
Original map label	[Zac
Comments	Lynchburg Group; Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Southwest. From expanded explanation (ref. VA002): Banded marble. Light- and dark-gray, laminated fine to medium-grained marble, calcareous gneiss, and schist. Mineralogy: calcite + quartz + biotite + muscovite + plagioclase + pyrite + magnetite-ilmenite. Thick to thin beds of marble are interlayered with graphitic phyllite and mica schist; the lithology grades from impure marble to calcareous metagraywacke depending on per cent age of detrital calcite present. The unit includes the Arch Marble of Brown (1958) and the Archer Creek Formation of Espenshade (1954).
Primary rock type	marble
Secondary rock type	gneiss
Other rock types	schist
Lithologic constituents	Major Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metacarbonate > Marble Incidental Metamorphic > Schist Metamorphic > Gneiss
Map references	Digital Representation of the 1993 Geologic Map of Virginia", 2003, CD ROM (ISO-9660) contains image file, expanded explanation in pdf, and ESRI shapefiles, viewing software not included. This is a digital version of "Geologic Map of Virginia" published in 1993. Available from: https://www.dmme.virginia.gov/commerce/ [https://www.dmme.virginia.gov/commerce/]
Unit references	Virginia Division of Mineral Resources, 1993, Geologic Map of Virginia: Virginia Division of Mineral Resources, scale 1:500,000 Digital Representation of the 1993 Geologic Map of Virginia - expanded explanation: 2003, Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Mines, Minerals, and Energy, Divsion of Mineral Resources, Publication 147, 85 pp Digital Representation of the 1993 Geologic Map of Virginia", 2003, CD ROM (ISO-9660) contains image file, expanded explanation in pdf, and ESRI shapefiles, viewing software not included. This is a digital version of "Geologic Map of Virginia" published in 1993. Available from: https://www.dmme.virginia.gov/commerce/ [https://www.dmme.virginia.gov/commerce/]
Geographic coverage	Amherst - Appomattox - Bedford - Buckingham - Campbell - Franklin - Nelson - Pittsylvania - Lynchburg