Usage:
Tippah Sand Lentil of Porters Creek Clay of Midway Group (MS*,TN)
Geologic age:
Tertiary*
Eocene*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Exposures on south side of valley of Hurricane Creek, in SW/4 SE/2 T. 2 S., R. 3 E., Tippah Co., MS (MacNeil, 1946).
AAPG geologic province:
Upper Mississippi embayment*
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