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Geologic Unit: Pridgen

Usage:

Pridgen Limestone Member of Ochlockonee Formation (GA)


Geologic age:

Tertiary
Oligocene, early


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

Type section (subsurface): depth-interval 700 to 992 ft, Coffee 4 test well core (GGS-3541), approx. 1.7 airline mi northeast of the community of Pridgen, Coffee Co., south-central GA (Huddlestun, 1993).


AAPG geologic province:

South Georgia sedimentary province


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

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