State | Alabama |
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Name | Midway Group; Porters Creek Formation |
Geologic age | Paleocene |
Lithologic constituents |
Major
Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > Sand
Unconsolidated > Fine-detrital > Clay
Minor
Unconsolidated > Marlthin bed of glauconitic shell marl at the top (Mathews Landing Marl Member).
Incidental
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestone (Bed)
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References | Szabo, M.W., Osborne, E.W., Copeland, C.W. Jr., and Neathery, T.L., 1988, Geologic Map of Alabama, Geological Survey of Alabama Special Map 220, scale 1:250,000. |
NGMDB product | |
Counties | Butler - Choctaw - Crenshaw - Lowndes - Marengo - Pike - Sumter - Wilcox |