Usage:
Lang Syne Formation of Black Mingo Group (SC)
Geologic age:
early Tertiary (late Paleocene)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: outcrop located at Tombs Field Gully on Lang Syne Plantation, Lat. 33 deg. 43 min. 45 sec. N., Long. 80 deg. 40 min. 04 sec. W., Calhoun Co., central SC.
Reference section: exposure on north side of County Road 173, south of Little Beaver Creek, Lat. 33 deg. 44 min. 26 sec. N., Long. 80 deg. 54 min. 16 sec., W. (Muthig and Colquhoun, 1988).
AAPG geologic province:
Atlantic Coast basin
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