Usage:
Southward Spring Sandstone Member of Pride Mountain Formation (MS*,AL*)
Geologic age:
Middle Mississippian (Visean; early Chesterian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Exposures at Southward Spring, about 3 mi east of Tishomingo, MS, in SE/4 sec. 18, T. 5 S., R. 11 E. (Morse, 1928).
AAPG geologic province:
Black Warrior basin*
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