Usage:
Loachapoka Schist of Opelika Complex (AL*,GA*)
Loachapoka Formation of Opelika Group (AL,GA)
Subunits:
Saugahatchee quartzite/quartzite member
Geologic age:
Paleozoic, early*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not designated. Named from town of Loachapoka, Lee Co., AL (Bentley and Neathery, 1970).
Reference section: along unpaved road, in W/2 sec. 35, T. 20 N., R. 25 E., northwest Lee Co., AL (Steltenpohl and others, 1990).
AAPG geologic province:
Piedmont-Blue Ridge province*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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