Emuckfaw Group; Emuckfaw Group undifferentiated in part

Interbedded muscovite +/- garnet-biotite schist, metagraywacke, calc-silicate rock, and quartzite; rare thin amphibolite. Includes thin layers of aluminous graphitic schist. Locally sheared to mylonite schist.
State Alabama
Name Emuckfaw Group; Emuckfaw Group undifferentiated in part
Geologic age Precambrian to Paleozoic
Lithologic constituents
Major
Metamorphic > Schist > Mica-schistinterbedded muscovite +/- garnet-biotite schist, Includes thin layers of aluminous graphitic schist. Locally sheared to mylonite schist.
Minor
Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Calc-silicate-rock
Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > Metasandstone > Metagraywacke
Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > Quartzite
Incidental
Metamorphic > Amphibolite (Amphibolite)
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
Counties Chambers - Coosa - Elmore - Randolph - Tallapoosa