Usage:
Baker Hill Formation of Wilcox Group (AL*,GA*)
Geologic age:
early Tertiary (late Paleocene)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: exposure on south wall of Lynn Griffin No. 1 Mine, west side of County Highway 29, 5.2 mi southwest of Baker Hill, in NE/4 sec. 4, T. 8 N., R. 27 E., Lawrenceville 7.5-min quadrangle, Henry Co., AL (Gibson, 1982).
AAPG geologic province:
Mid-Gulf Coast basin*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).
Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).