Usage:
Higgins Ferry Group (AL)
Higgins Ferry Group of Ashland Supergroup (AL)
Geologic age:
Precambrian to early Paleozoic
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: in wilderness region of western Coosa and eastern Chilton Cos. and along Higgins Ferry Road, in T. 22 N., R. 16 E., Chilton Co., central AL (Neathery, 1975).
AAPG geologic province:
Piedmont-Blue Ridge province
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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