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Geologic Unit: Lake City

Usage:

No current usage.
(Rocks of †Lake City Limestone (FL,GA) reallocated to Avon Park Formation. See Avon Park.)


Geologic age:

Tertiary
Eocene


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

Type section (subsurface): Florida Geological Survey No. W-299, Lake City well, Columbia Co., FL (Applin and Applin, 1944).


AAPG geologic province:

South Georgia sedimentary province
Florida platform


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

Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.

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