Usage:
Treadwell Member of Clinchfield Formation (GA)
Geologic age:
Tertiary
Eocene, late
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Georgia Kaolin Company Pit 50, 1.2 km southwest of Riggins Mill Road and community of Treadwell, 2.24 km southeast of Bibb-Twiggs Co. line, Twiggs Co., GA (Huddlestun and Hetrick, 1979).
AAPG geologic province:
South Georgia sedimentary province
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