Usage:
Lazaretto Creek Formation (GA)
Geologic age:
early Tertiary (early Oligocene)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section (subsurface): depth-interval 126 to 196 ft, Georgia Geologic Survey Chatham 11 core (GGS-1393), taken on U.S. Highway 80, approx. 1 mi southeast of the bridge over Lazaretto Creek on Tybee Island, Chatham Co., GA (Huddlestun, 1993).
Lazaretto Creek (restricted) depth-interval 139 to 196 ft (see Weems and Edwards, 2001, Georgia Geol. Survey Bull., no. 131, p. 7).
AAPG geologic province:
South Georgia sedimentary province
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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