Usage:
Waynesboro sand lentil (informal) of Bucatunna Formation (MS)
Informal. The rank or lithologic term should not be capitalized.
Geologic age:
Tertiary
Oligocene, early
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Along west bank of Chickasawhay River, in E/2 NE/4 NW/4 NW/4 sec. 28, T. 10 N., R. 7 W., Wayne Co., MS (Johnson, 1982).
AAPG geologic province:
Mid-Gulf Coast basin
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