Usage:
Utley Limestone Member of Clinchfield Formation (GA,SC)
Geologic age:
Tertiary
Eocene, late
Priabonian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Utleys Cave at upper end of Mallard Pond, on property of Georgia Power Company Plant Vogtle site, 2.1 km southeast of intersection of Hancock Landing Road and River Road, Burke Co., GA (Huddlestun and Hetrick, 1979; 1985).
AAPG geologic province:
South Georgia sedimentary province
Atlantic Coast basin
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