Usage:
Rocky Point Member of Peedee Formation (NC,SC)
Geologic age:
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: Superior Stone Comapany quarry, 5.6 km northeast of Castle Hayne, New Hanover Co., southeastern NC. Named from town of Rocky Point, 11 km west-northwest of type locality (Wheeler and Curran, 1974).
AAPG geologic province:
Atlantic Coast basin
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