Huber/Lisbon/Barnwell Formations, undivided (SCThlb;1)

Huber/Lisbon/Barnwell Formations, undivided: Poorly to well sorted sand, clay and carbonates deposited in delta-dominated fluvial- and open-marine environments. Unit is characterized by commercial kaolin bodies in older strata from westernmost South Carolina to central Georgia. Younger strata are cyclic marine deposits which deeper water facies exposed in western Georgia. Carbonate facies are locally mined in western Georgia for agricultural lime.

State	South Carolina
Name	Huber/Lisbon/Barnwell Formations, undivided
Geologic age	Eocene
Original map label	Thlb
Primary rock type	sand
Secondary rock type	clay or mud
Other rock types	carbonate; kaolin
Lithologic constituents	Major Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > Sand Unconsolidated > Fine-detrital > Clay Minor Sedimentary > Carbonate
Map references	Newell, Wayne L., Prowell, David (retired), Krantz, David, Powars, David, Mixon, Robert (retired), Stone, Byron, and Willard, Debra, in review, Surficial Geology and Geomorphology of the Atlantic Coastal Plain: U.S.G.S. Open File Report,
Unit references	Newell, Wayne L., Prowell, David (retired), Krantz, David, Powars, David, Mixon, Robert (retired), Stone, Byron, and Willard, Debra, in review, Surficial Geology and Geomorphology of the Atlantic Coastal Plain: U.S.G.S. Open File Report,
Geographic coverage	Aiken - Allendale - Bamberg - Barnwell - Calhoun - Edgefield - Lexington - Orangeburg - Richland - Saluda - Sumter