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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