Usage:
Marshallville Formation of Fort Valley Group (GA)
Geologic age:
early Tertiary (Paleocene; Midwayan Provincial Age)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: large unnamed bluff overlooking the Flint River Valley on the eastern side of the Flint River, 3.2 mi west-northwest of Marshallville and 0.9 mi northwest of Bryants Swamp Creek, Macon Co., GA (Huddlestun and Hetrick, 1991).
AAPG geologic province:
South Georgia sedimentary province
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