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Belgrade Formation, Undivided

Belgrade Formation, Undivided - Pollocksville Member: oyster-shell mounds in tan to orange sand matrix, indurated locally. Haywood Landing Member: fossiliferous clayey sand, gray to brown. Members grade into each other laterally.
StateNorth Carolina
NameBelgrade Formation, Undivided
Geologic ageTertiary
Original map labelTob
Primary rock typecarbonate
Secondary rock typesand
Other rock typesclay or mud
Lithologic constituents
Major
Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > SandPollocksville Member: in tan to orange sand matrix, indurated locally. Haywood Landing Member: fossiliferous clayey sand, gray to brown.
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestone > Coquina (carbonaceous)Pollocksville Member: oyster-shell mounds
Minor
Unconsolidated > Fine-detrital > ClayHaywood Landing Member: fossiliferous clayey sand
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 coverageCarteret - Jones - Onslow

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