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2008 annual meeting – Spruce Pine Mining District: Little Switzerland, North <strong>Carolina</strong><br />

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Figure 2. Map showing the location of this stop on the Blue Ridge Parkway, bedrock map units, and other<br />

slope movements cataloged during the geologic and geohazards inventory of the Parkway. Rock units<br />

within the Alligator Back Metamorphic Suite: Zabs – mica schist interlayered with metagraywacke and<br />

amphibolite; Zabg – muscovite, biotite metagraywacke interlayered with mica schist, amphibolite and<br />

met<strong>as</strong>iltstone; Zaba – amphibolite interlayered with metagraywacke and mica schist; Zabsi – muscovite,<br />

biotite, schistose metagraywacke interlayered with metagraywacke and mica schist. Map b<strong>as</strong>e is a shaded<br />

relief map developed from a 6m pixel resolution, Light Detecting And Ranging (LiDAR) digital elevation<br />

model.<br />

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