Usage:
Gordon Creek Shale Member of Cook Mountain Formation of Claiborne Group (MS*)
Geologic age:
early Tertiary (middle Eocene)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: along U.S. Highway 11 from Basic City to Pachuta, Clark, and Lauderdale Cos., eastern MS. Named from Gordon Creek, which flows through Wautubbee Station, and which is crossed by U.S. Highway 11 a short distance south of the station (Thomas, 1942).
AAPG geologic province:
Mid-Gulf Coast basin*
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 ( ).
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