Pinehurst is subdivided into two informally named members--Piney Grove and Plain View. Name Plain View is applied to sediments below 325 and above 280-270 ft at Plain View Church, northwest of junction of Rte 50 and 42 in Johnston Co., NC. Overlies Macks Formation (new name). Age is Pliocene(?).
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).
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