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  • Usage in publication:
    • Eutawville Member
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Sand
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Atlantic Coast basin
Publication:

Colquhoun, D.J., and Duncan, D.A., 1964, Rock-stratigraphic distribution of sediments lying northwest of the Surry Scarp in central South Carolina: Southeastern Geology, v. 5, no. 3, p. 133-139.


Summary:

Eutawville Member, new name for subdivision of Okefenokee Formation, consists of fine-grained silty, clayey, very poorly sorted sand. Thickness as much as 20 ft. Overlies Holly Hill Member (new name) in lower part of formation. Age given as post-late Miocene.

Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Eutawville Member
  • Modifications:
    • Age modified
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Atlantic Coast basin
Publication:

Colquhoun, D.J., and Duncan, D.A., 1966, Geology of the Eutawville quadrangle, South Carolina: South Carolina Division of Geology, Geologic Map Series, MS-12, 1 sheet, scale 1:62,500


Summary:

Eutawville Member of Okefenokee Formation. Okefenokee Formation shown on map legend as upper Miocene to Pleistocene(?). [Age of Eutawville considered post-late Miocene.]

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1350, p. 247-248).


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

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