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Geologic Unit: Pinehurst

Usage:

Pinehurst Formation (NC*,SC*)


Geologic age:

Quaternary*


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

Type section: in D.H. Wilson sand pit on north side of Highway 211, about 1.5 mi southeast of center of town of West End. Named from nearby town of Pinehurst, Moore Co., south-central NC (Conley, 1962).


AAPG geologic province:

Atlantic 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 ([ ]).