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Geologic Unit: Pine Hill

Usage:

Pine Hill Anhydrite Member of Louann Salt (AL,MS,FL)


Geologic age:

Jurassic, Late
Oxfordian


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

Type section (subsurface): depth-interval 8,764 to 8,772 ft, Brandon Company, W.J. Miller et al No. 1 well, near Pine Hill, Wilcox Co., AL (Raymond and others, 1988).


AAPG geologic province:

Mid-Gulf Coast basin


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

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