Usage:
Chalybeate Limestone Member of Clayton of Midway Group Formation (MS*)
Geologic age:
Tertiary*
Paleocene*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Ravine just north of main street of Chalybeate, probably in south-center sec. 3, T. 2 S., R. 4 E., Tippah Co., northern MS (MacNeil, 1946).
AAPG geologic province:
Upper Mississippi embayment*
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Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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