Usage:
Caddin Formation (SC*-subsurface)
Geologic age:
Late Cretaceous (early Campanian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section (subsurface): depth-interval 1,544 to 1,644 ft, Clubhouse Crossroads No. 1 drill core, near Clubhouse Crossroads, Dorchester Co., southeastern SC. Named from Caddin Bridge Swamp which drains area south of drill site (Gohn, 1992).
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.
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