Usage:
Chewacla Marble of Pine Mountain Group (AL*,GA)
Chewacla Marble of Pine Mountain Group of Ocoee Supergroup (GA*)
Geologic age:
Paleozoic, early*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Notable exposures at Chewacla, 3 mi southeast of Opelika, Lee Co., eastern AL (Prouty, 1916).
Type locality: exposures on Chewacla Creek, Lee Co., eastern AL (Geol. Survey Alabama Circ., no. 140, p. 32).
AAPG geologic province:
Piedmont-Blue Ridge province*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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