State | Alabama |
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Name | Wedowee Group; Wedowee Group undifferentiated |
Geologic age | Precambrian to Paleozoic |
Lithologic constituents |
Major
Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > PhylliteCragford Phyllite - interbedded fine-grained graphite-chlorite-sericite schist and phyllite, garnet-sericite schist and phyllite, graphite-quartz-sericite phyllite; Cutnose Gneiss - locally thin interbeds of graphite-quartz-sericite phyllite
Metamorphic > Schist > Mica-schistCragford Phyllite - interbedded fine-grained graphite-chlorite-sericite schist and phyllite, garnet-sericite schist and phyllite; Cutnose Gneiss - graphite-chlorite-sericite schist.
Minor
Metamorphic > Gneiss > Biotite-gneissCragford Phyllite - locally feldspathic biotite gneiss; Cutnose Gneiss - cyclically interbedded fine-grained quartz-biotite feldspathic gneiss
Incidental
Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > Quartzite
Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Calc-silicate-rock
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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 | Chilton - Clay - Cleburne - Coosa - Elmore - Randolph - Tallapoosa |