Usage:
Tinker Formation (SC)
Geologic age:
Tertiary
Eocene, middle
Claibornian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section (subsurface): depth-interval 158 ft to 191 ft, Savannah River site well MWD-5A, near Aiken Co. line, southeast of Tinker Creek and west of Mill Creek, [UTM] 69,235 N.; 75,491 E., or approx. Lat. 33 deg 18 min. 07 sec. N., Long. 81 deg. 36 min. 10 sec. W., northwestern Barnwell Co., SC (Fallaw and Price, 1992; Fallaw and Price, 1995).
AAPG geologic province:
Atlantic Coast basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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