GEOLEX

Summary of Citation: Almond

Publication:
Bentley, R.D. (editor) and Neathery, T.L. (editor), 1970, Geology
   of the Brevard fault zone and related rocks of the Inner
   Piedmont of Alabama: Alabama Geological Society Annual Field
   Trip Guidebook, no. 8, December 4-5, 1970, 119 p.

Usage in Publication:
Almond Granites/plutons

Modifications:	Geologic Province:	Dominant Lithology:
First used	Piedmont-Blue Ridge province

Summary:
Eleven pod-shaped granitic stocks occur within the Wedowee Group, the largest near the community of Almond, AL, and the name Almond Granites is applied to these stocks for field-mapping purposes. The stocks may intrude the Wedowee or represent pinnacles of basement upon which the Wedowee was deposited. There is no evidence of contact metamorphism. The Almond plutons vary in composition from leucocratic granites to mesocratic quartz diorites. Mineral composition is oligoclase, microcline and muscovite, with biotite the common mafic mineral and epidote occurring locally. Accessory minerals include apatite, sphene, garnet, and zircon. The plutons display a unique texture caused by oriented muscovite inclusions in the plagioclase.

Summary of Citation: Almond

Publication:
Neathery, T.L. and Reynolds, J.W., 1975, Geology of the Lineville
   East, Ofelia, Wadley North, and Mellow Valley quadrangles,
   Alabama: Alabama Geological Survey Bulletin, no. 109, p.
   1-120

Usage in Publication:
Almond Trondhjemite

Modifications:	Geologic Province:	Dominant Lithology:
Named	Piedmont-Blue Ridge province	Trondhjemite Granite

Summary:
Almond Trondhjemite is here named in east-central Alabama. Referred to as Almond granites by Bentley and Neathery (1970). Unit occurs as scattered phacoliths, sills, dikes, and plutons. Intrudes Wedowee Group rocks. Described as light-gray to locally white leucocratic trondhjemite, containing abundant muscovite and locally biotite and epidote; typically fine- to medium-grained, locally foliated. Age is Mississippian and Pennsylvanian.