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Wilcox Group; Tuscahoma Sand

Tuscahoma Sand - (Wilcox Group), Light-gray to light-olive-gray laminated and thin-bedded carbonaceous silt and clay interbedded with fine sand; thin lignite beds occur locally. Lower part of the formation includes beds of fossiliferous, glauconitic fine quartz sand containing speroidal sandstone concretions, gravel and clay pebbles.
StateAlabama
NameWilcox Group; Tuscahoma Sand
Geologic agePaleocene
Original map labelTtu
Primary rock typeclay or mud
Secondary rock typesilt
Other rock typessand; coal; sandstone; gravel
Lithologic constituents
Major
Unconsolidated > Fine-detrital > Clay (Bed)
Unconsolidated > Fine-detrital > Silt (Bed)
Minor
Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > Sand (Bed)Lower part of the formation includes beds of fossiliferous, glauconitic fine quartz sand containing speroidal sandstone concretions.
Incidental
Sedimentary > Clastic > SandstoneLower part of the formation includes beds of fossiliferous, glauconitic fine quartz sand containing speroidal sandstone concretions.
Sedimentary > Coal > Lignite (Bed)
Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > Gravel
Map references
Szabo, M. W., Osborne, E. W., Copeland, C. W. Jr., Neathery; T. L., 1988, Geologic Map of Alabama, Geological Survey of Alabama Special Map 220, scale 1:250,000.
Unit references
Szabo, M. W., Osborne, E. W., Copeland, C. W. Jr., Neathery; T. L., 1988, Geologic Map of Alabama, Geological Survey of Alabama Special Map 220, scale 1:250,000.
Geographic coverageBarbour - Butler - Choctaw - Clarke - Coffee - Conecuh - Covington - Crenshaw - Dale - Henry - Marengo - Monroe - Pike - Sumter - Wilcox

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