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Geologic Unit: Cane Acre

Usage:

Cane Acre Formation of Black Creek Group (SC*-subsurface)


Geologic age:

Late Cretaceous (middle Campanian)*


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Type section (subsurface): depth-interval 1,344 to 1,544 ft, Clubhouse Crossroads No. 1 drill core, near Clubhouse Crossroads, Dorchester Co., southeastern SC. Named from Cane Acre Road, along which drill site is located (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.

"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 ([ ]).