Usage:
Chicora Member of Williamsburg Formation of Black Mingo Group (SC)
Geologic age:
early Tertiary (late Paleocene; Thanetian; Sabinian Provincial Age)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: outcrops along the south bank of the Santee River just downstream from Wilsons Landing, Chicora 7.5-min quadrangle, Berkeley Co., SC (Van Nieuwenhuise and Colquhoun, 1982).
AAPG geologic province:
Atlantic Coast basin
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