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Castle Hayne Formation; Comfort Member and New Hanover Member, undivided

Comfort Member and New Hanover Member, undivided - Comfort Member: bryozoan-echinoid skeletal limestone, locally dolomitized, solution cavities common. New Hanover Member: phosphate-pebble conglomerate, micritic, thin; restricted to basal part of Castle Hayne Formation in southeastern counties.
StateNorth Carolina
NameCastle Hayne Formation; Comfort Member and New Hanover Member, undivided
Geologic ageTertiary
Original map labelTec
Primary rock typelimestone
Secondary rock typedolostone (dolomite)
Other rock typesconglomerate
Lithologic constituents
Major
Sedimentary > Carbonate > LimestoneComfort Member: bryozoan-echinoid skeletal limestone
Minor
Sedimentary > Clastic > ConglomerateNew Hanover Member: phosphate-pebble conglomerate, micritic, thin
Incidental
Sedimentary > Carbonate > DolostoneComfort Member: locally dolomitized, solution cavities common.
Map references
The North Carolina Dept. of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, Division of Land Resources, NC Geological Survey, in cooperation with the NC Center for Geographic Information and Analysis, 1998, Geology - North Carolina (1:250,000), coverage data file geol250. The data represents the digital equivalent of the official State Geology map (1:500,000 scale), but was digitized from (1:250,000 scale) base maps.
Unit references
Rhodes, Thomas S., and Conrad, Stephen G., 1985, Geologic Map of North Carolina: Department of Natural Resources and Community Development, Division of Land Resources, and the NC Geological Survey, 1:500,000-scale, compiled by Brown, Philip M., et al, and Parker, John M. III, and in association with the State Geologic Map Advisory Committee.
The North Carolina Dept. of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, Division of Land Resources, NC Geological Survey, in cooperation with the NC Center for Geographic Information and Analysis, 1998, Geology - North Carolina (1:250,000), coverage data file geol250. The data represents the digital equivalent of the official State Geology map (1:500,000 scale), but was digitized from (1:250,000 scale) base maps.
Geographic coverageBrunswick - Craven - Duplin - Harnett - Hoke - Johnston - Jones - Lenoir - Moore - New Hanover - Onslow - Pender - Pitt - Sampson - Wake - Wayne

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