Usage:
Bladen Formation of Black Creek Group (NC*,SC*)
Bladen Member of Black Creek Formation (NC,SC)
Geologic age:
Late Cretaceous (middle Campanian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Principal reference section (subsurface): depth-interval 1,072 to 1,214 ft, Clubhouse Crossroads No. 1 drill core, near Clubhouse Crossroads, Dorchester Co., southeastern SC (Gohn, 1992).
Named from exposures in Bladen Co., NC, especially along the Cape Fear River (US geologic names lexicons, USGS Bull. 896, 1200).
AAPG geologic province:
Atlantic 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 ([ ]).