Ashe Metamorphic Suite and Tallulah Falls Formation; Amphibolite (NCZata;2)

State	North Carolina
Name	Ashe Metamorphic Suite and Tallulah Falls Formation; Amphibolite
Geologic age	Late Proterozoic
Lithologic constituents	Major Metamorphic > Amphibolite (Amphibolite)Amphibolite - equigranular, massive to well foliated, interlayered, rarely discordant, metamorphosed intrusive to extrusive mafic rock Minor Metamorphic > Metasedimentarymay include metasedimentary rock.
References	Rhodes, Thomas S., and Conrad, Stephen G., 1985, Geologic Map of North Carolina: Department of Natural Resources and Community Development, Division of Land Resources, and the NC Geological Survey, compiled by Brown, Philip M., et al, and Parker, John M. III, and in association with the State Geologic Map Advisory Committee, scale 1:500,000. The North Carolina Dept. of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, Division of Land Resources, NC Geological Survey, in cooperation with the NC Center for Geographic Information and Analysis, 1998 (updated 2007), Geology - North Carolina (1:250,000), coverage data file geol250. The data represents the digital equivalent of the official State Geology map (1:500,000 scale), but was digitized from (1:250,000 scale) base maps.
NGMDB product	NGMDB product page for 55091
Counties	Alleghany - Ashe - Avery - Jackson - Macon - Mitchell - Transylvania - Watauga - Yancey

State

Name

Ashe Metamorphic Suite and Tallulah Falls Formation; Amphibolite

Geologic age

Late Proterozoic

Lithologic constituents

Major

Metamorphic > Amphibolite (Amphibolite)Amphibolite - equigranular, massive to well foliated, interlayered, rarely discordant, metamorphosed intrusive to extrusive mafic rock

Minor

Metamorphic > Metasedimentarymay include metasedimentary rock.

References

Rhodes, Thomas S., and Conrad, Stephen G., 1985, Geologic Map of North Carolina: Department of Natural Resources and Community Development, Division of Land Resources, and the NC Geological Survey, compiled by Brown, Philip M., et al, and Parker, John M. III, and in association with the State Geologic Map Advisory Committee, scale 1:500,000.

The North Carolina Dept. of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, Division of Land Resources, NC Geological Survey, in cooperation with the NC Center for Geographic Information and Analysis, 1998 (updated 2007), Geology - North Carolina (1:250,000), coverage data file geol250. The data represents the digital equivalent of the official State Geology map (1:500,000 scale), but was digitized from (1:250,000 scale) base maps.

NGMDB product

NGMDB product page for 55091

Counties

Alleghany - Ashe - Avery - Jackson - Macon - Mitchell - Transylvania - Watauga - Yancey