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Geologic Unit: Dogtown

Usage:

Dogtown Clay Member of Torreya Formation (FL,GA)


Geologic age:

Tertiary
Miocene, middle
Barstovian
Miocene, early
Burdigalian


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Type section: exposures in LaCamellia Mine, 1 to 2 mi (1.5 to 3.0 km) southwest of the community of Dogtown, in sec. 15, T. 3 N., R. 3 W., Gadsden Co., FL (Huddlestun, 1988).


AAPG geologic province:

South Georgia sedimentary province
Florida platform


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

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