State | Alabama |
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Name | Mylonitic and Cataclastic Rocks in the Brevard, Towaliga, and Goat Rock Fault Zones |
Geologic age | Precambrian to Paleozoic |
Lithologic constituents |
Major
Metamorphic > Gneissmylonite gneiss
Tectonite > Myloniteblastomylonite, mylonite gneiss; locally includes mylonite schist and mylonite quartzite in Towaliga fault zone.
Minor
Metamorphic > Schistlocally includes mylonite schist
Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > Quartzitelocally includes mylonite quartzite in Towaliga fault zone.
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Comments | Units 'my, bm, and cr' are all descibed under the one heading of 'Mylonitic and Cataclastic...ect...'; they do not have individual names....so used the same unit name for all three. |
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. |
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Counties | Lee - Macon |