Usage:
Ochlockonee Formation (GA)
Subunits:
Pridgen Limestone Member (GA)
Geologic age:
Tertiary
Oligocene, early
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section (composite; subsurface): two cores near the bank of a farm pond, approx. 3.1 mi northwest of Moultrie, Colquitt Co., GA. Upper part of the formation occurs from 606 ft to T.D. at 790 ft in Colquitt 5 core (GGS-3199); lower part occurs from 790 ft to 976 ft in Colquitt 9 core (GGS-3535). Named from Ochlockonee River, 1 mi southwest of the type locality (Huddlestun, 1993).
AAPG geologic province:
South Georgia sedimentary province
Mid-Gulf Coast basin(?)
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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