Beaverdam Amphibolite (ALba;7)

Beaverdam Amphibolite

Dark-green to dark-gray hornblende amphibolite, extensively sheared and folded, and locally retrograded to actinolite-tremolite-chlorite schist. Includes all amphibolite associated with the Wedowee Group.

State	Alabama
Name	Beaverdam Amphibolite
Geologic age	Precambrian to Paleozoic
Lithologic constituents	Major Metamorphic > Amphibolite (Amphibolite)dark-green to dark-gray hornblende amphibolite, extensively sheared and folded Minor Metamorphic > Schist > Amphibole-schistlocally retrograded to actinolite-tremolite-chlorite schist.
References	Szabo, M.W., Osborne, E.W., Copeland, C.W. Jr., and Neathery, T.L., 1988, Geologic Map of Alabama, Geological Survey of Alabama Special Map 220, scale 1:250,000.
NGMDB product	NGMDB product page for 55859
Counties	Clay - Cleburne - Randolph - Tallapoosa

Beaverdam Amphibolite

Szabo, M.W., Osborne, E.W., Copeland, C.W. Jr., and Neathery, T.L., 1988, Geologic Map of Alabama, Geological Survey of Alabama Special Map 220, scale 1:250,000.