Usage:
Warley Hill Formation (NC)
Warley Hill Formation of Orangeburg Group (SC*)
Warley Hill Marl of Orangeburg Group (SC*)
Geologic age:
Tertiary*
Eocene, middle*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Along abandoned road west of State Highway 267 and south of Warley Creek, 3 mi north-northwest of Lone Star, Elloree quadrangle, Calhoun Co. Phase and marl were named from exposures at Warley Hill, in eastern part of Orangeburg Co., SC (Sloan, 1905).
AAPG geologic province:
Atlantic Coast basin*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).
Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).