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Geologic Unit: Pachuta

Usage:

Pachuta Marl Member of Yazoo Clay of Jackson Group (AL*,MS*)
Pachuta Marl Member of Yazoo Formation of Jackson Group (AL*,MS*)


Geologic age:

early Tertiary (late Eocene)*


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Type locality: exposures on south side of Pachuta Creek, 1.25 mi south and southeast of Pachuta, in SW/4 sec. 8, T. 2 N., R. 14 E., Clarke Co., eastern MS (Murray, 1947).


AAPG geologic province:

Mid-Gulf Coast basin*


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.

"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).

Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).