Usage:
Cane River Formation of Claiborne Group (AR*,LA*,MS)
Subunits:
Topy Creek Member (LA).
Geologic age:
early Tertiary (early to middle Eocene)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: at Baden Hill on Cane River, 0.5 mi north of Natchitoches, western LA (Ellisor, 1929).
Named from excellent exposures on Cane River at Natchitoches, western LA (Spooner, 1926).
AAPG geologic province:
Arkla basin*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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