Usage:
Suwannee Limestone (FL*,GA*)
Geologic age:
Tertiary*
Oligocene*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type area: Along Suwannee River, from Ellaville, Suwannee Co., almost to White Springs, Hamilton Co., north-central FL (Cooke and Mansfield, 1936).
Principal reference section: Exposures in a low bluff at a sharp bend of the Suwannee River, adjacent to Suwannee River State Park, SW/4 SE/4 sec. 7, T. 1 S., R. 12 E., Suwannee Co., north-central FL (Huddlestun, 1993).
AAPG geologic province:
South Georgia sedimentary province*
Florida platform*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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