Geologic units in Wilkinson county, Georgia

Lower Tertiary-Cretaceous undifferentiated (Lower Tertiary-Cretaceous) at surface, covers 36 % of this area

As mapped includes Middendorf Formation (Sloan, 1904); "Channel Sands" (LaMoreaux, 1946); Tuscaloosa Formation (Cooke, 1939); and "Huber beds" (Buie, informal terminology)

Twiggs Clay (Eocene) at surface, covers 28 % of this area

Twiggs Clay

Irwinton Sand (Eocene) at surface, covers 17 % of this area

Up-dip equivalent of Twiggs Clay, Sandersville Limestone, and Cooper Marl. As mapped, also includes younger clastics of indefinite Late Tertiary age.

Stream alluvium (Quaternary) at surface, covers 10 % of this area

Stream alluvium and undifferentiated terrace deposits

Suwannee Limestone and its residuum (Oligocene) at surface, covers 7 % of this area

As mapped, includes Chattahoochee Limestone in Seminole and Decatur Cos.; Flint River Formation, in part, (Cooke, 1939); Jacksonboro Limestone in Screven Co.; and Glendon and Marianna Limestones in Pulaski Co.

Neogene undifferentiated (Neogene) at surface, covers 1 % of this area

Includes Altamaha Grit (Dall, 1892); Citronelle Formation (Matson & Berry, 1916); and "Hawthorn Formation" (Cooke, 1939). (*) - outcrops of indurated sandstone and claystone

Ocala Limestone (Eocene) at surface, covers 0.8 % of this area

Generally covered with Oligocene and Eocene residuum (Flint River Formation of Cooke, 1939); includes up-dip area, Tivola Limestone of Connell (1955). (*)- outcrops of Ocala Limestone on Dougherty Plain.