Usage:
Carmack Limestone (AL,MS)
Also called Carmack Creek Limestone in some early reports.
Geologic age:
Mississippian, Early
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from Carmack Creek, a small stream (containing a 60-ft fall) tributary to Tennessee River, north of Whetstone Branch, [Tishomingo Co.], northeastern MS (Morse, 1928).
AAPG geologic province:
Black Warrior basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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