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Citronelle Formation

Citronelle Formation - moderate-reddish-brown deeply weathered fine to very coarse quartz sand and varicolored typically mottled lenticular beds of clay and clayey gravel. Limonite pebbles and lenses of limonite cemented sand occur locally in weathered exposures. Gravel is composed of chert and quartz pebbles.
StateAlabama
NameCitronelle Formation
Geologic agePleistocene-Pliocene
Original map labelQTci
Primary rock typesand
Secondary rock typeclay or mud
Other rock typesgravel; chert
Lithologic constituents
Major
Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > Sandmoderate-reddish-brown deeply weathered fine to very coarse quartz sand, limonite pebbles and lenses of limonite cemented sand occur locally in weathered exposures.
Minor
Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > Gravel (Bed)Gravel is composed of chert and quartz pebbles.
Unconsolidated > Fine-detrital > Clay (Bed)varicolored typically mottled lenticular beds of clay and clayey gravel
Incidental
Sedimentary > Chemical > ChertGravel is composed of chert and quartz pebbles.
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 coverageBaldwin - Clarke - Conecuh - Escambia - Mobile - Monroe - Washington

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