Usage:
Meigs Member of Coosawhatchie Formation (GA)
Geologic age:
Tertiary
Miocene, middle
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: exposures in Singletary pit of the Waverly Mineral Products Company, 4 mi southeast of the village of Meigs and 1.75 mi east of U.S. Highway 19 on the north side of Hansell Road, Thomas Co., GA (Huddlestun, 1988).
AAPG geologic province:
South Georgia sedimentary province
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