Citronelle Formation (ALPSPOci;1)

Citronelle Formation

Moderate-reddish-brown deeply weathered fine to very coarse quartz sand and varicolored typically mottled lenticular beds of clay and clayey gravel. Limonite pebbles and lenses of limonite cemented sand occur locally in weathered exposures. Gravel is composed of chert and quartz pebbles.

State	Alabama
Name	Citronelle Formation
Geologic age	Pleistocene-Pliocene
Lithologic constituents	Major Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > Sandmoderate-reddish-brown deeply weathered fine to very coarse quartz sand, limonite pebbles and lenses of limonite cemented sand occur locally in weathered exposures. Minor Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > Gravel (Bed)Gravel is composed of chert and quartz pebbles. Unconsolidated > Fine-detrital > Clay (Bed)varicolored typically mottled lenticular beds of clay and clayey gravel Incidental Sedimentary > Chemical > ChertGravel is composed of chert and quartz pebbles.
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	NGMDB product page for 55859
Counties	Baldwin - Clarke - Conecuh - Escambia - Mobile - Monroe - Washington

Citronelle Formation

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.