Usage:
Bucatunna Formation of Vicksburg Group (AL*,MS*)
Bucatunna Formation (FL*)
Bucatunna Clay Member of Byram Formation of Vicksburg Group (AL)
Subunits:
Informal Waynesboro sand lentil (MS) of Johnson (1982, Mississippi Geology, v. 2, no. 4, p. 1-8).
Geologic age:
Tertiary*
Oligocene*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: along Bucatunna Creek, north of Denham Post Office, vicinity of Dyess Bridge, in sec. 19, T. 8 N., R. 5 W., Wayne Co., southeastern MS (Blanpied and others, 1934).
AAPG geologic province:
Mid-Gulf Coast basin*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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