Usage:
Santee Limestone (SC*,GA*)
Santee Limestone of Orangeburg Group (SC*)
Subunits:
Moultrie Member (SC*,GA*), Chapel Branch Member (SC), Cross Member (SC*,GA*)
Geologic age:
Tertiary*
Eocene, middle*
Claibornian, middle*
Claibornian, late*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: Exposures at Eutaw Springs, Orangeburg Co., SC, 3.5 mi east-northeast of Eutawville. Back water from Lake Marion has partly inundated old exposure, but some limestone still above level of reservoir (Cooke and MacNeil, 1952).
AAPG geologic province:
Atlantic Coast basin*
South Georgia sedimentary province*
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 ([ ]).