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Geologic units in Oktibbeha county, Mississippi

Wilcox formation (Eocene) at surface, covers 5 % of this area

Wilcox formation - Irregularly bedded fine to coarse sand, more or less lignitic clay and lignite; includes bauxite bearing Fearn Springs sand member at base.

Lithology: clay or mud; sand; coal

Naheola formation (Paleocene) at surface, covers 3 % of this area

Naheola formation - (Midway group) - Fine to coarse micaceous sand, kaolin, and bauxitic clay.

Lithology: sand; clay or mud

Clayton formation (Paleocene) at surface, covers 12 % of this area

Clayton formation - (Midway group), Upper part, greenish-gray coarsely glauconitic sandy clay and marl; lower part, crystalline sandy limestone and loose sand, represented south of Houston by a discontinuous bed of indurated calcareous sandstone.

Lithology: limestone; sand; clay or mud; calcarenite

Prairie Bluff chalk and Owl Creek formation (Upper Cretaceous) at surface, covers 16 % of this area

Prairie Bluff chalk and Owl Creek formation - (Selma group), Prairie Bluff chalk, compact brittle chalk, sandy chalk, and calcareous clay; at base contains many phosphatic molds of fossils; in Ponotoc and Union Counties merges northward into Owl Creek formation, tough blue glauconitic sandy clay.

Lithology: carbonate; clay or mud; mixed clastic/carbonate

Porters Creek formation (Paleocene) at surface, covers 38 % of this area

Porters Creek formation - (Midway group), Dark-gray clay, north of Clay County contains slightly glauconitic, micaceous sand lenses.

Lithology: clay or mud; sand

Ripley formation (Upper Cretaceous) at surface, covers 9 % of this area

Ripley formation - (Selma group), gray to greenish-gray fine glauconitic sand, clay, and sandy limestone; south of Oktibbeha County is very sandy micaceous chalk.

Lithology: sand; clay or mud; limestone; mixed clastic/carbonate

Demopolis chalk (Upper Cretaceous) at surface, covers 17 % of this area

Demopolis chalk - (Selma group), Chalk and marly chalk containing fewer impurities than underlying and overlying formations.

Lithology: carbonate