Usage:
Congaree Formation of Orangeburg Group (SC*)
Congaree Formation (GA*,SC)
Geologic age:
Tertiary*
Eocene, early
Claibornian
Eocene, middle*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Roadcut west of Halfway Swamp, 0.5 mi east of Creston, Calhoun Co., SC. Named from Congaree River (Sloan, 1905).
AAPG geologic province:
Atlantic Coast basin*
South Georgia sedimentary province*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).
Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).