Cape Fear Formation (NCKc;11)

State	North Carolina
Name	Cape Fear Formation
Geologic age	Cretaceous
Lithologic constituents	Major Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone (Bed) Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone (Bed)sandy mudstone, yellowish gray to bluish gray, mottled red to yellowish orange, indurated, graded and laterally continuous bedding Minor Unconsolidated > Fine-detrital > Clay (Bed)blocky clay, faint cross-bedding, feldspar and mica common.
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, compiled by Brown, Philip M., et al, and Parker, John M. III, and in association with the State Geologic Map Advisory Committee, scale 1:500,000. 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 (updated 2007), 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.
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Counties	Bertie - Cumberland - Edgecombe - Greene - Halifax - Harnett - Hoke - Johnston - Lee - Moore - Northampton - Pitt - Richmond - Robeson - Sampson - Wayne - Wilson

State

North Carolina

Name

Cape Fear Formation

Geologic age

Cretaceous

Lithologic constituents

Major

Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone (Bed)

Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone (Bed)sandy mudstone, yellowish gray to bluish gray, mottled red to yellowish orange, indurated, graded and laterally continuous bedding

Minor

Unconsolidated > Fine-detrital > Clay (Bed)blocky clay, faint cross-bedding, feldspar and mica common.

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, compiled by Brown, Philip M., et al, and Parker, John M. III, and in association with the State Geologic Map Advisory Committee, scale 1:500,000.

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 (updated 2007), 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.

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Counties

Bertie - Cumberland - Edgecombe - Greene - Halifax - Harnett - Hoke - Johnston - Lee - Moore - Northampton - Pitt - Richmond - Robeson - Sampson - Wayne - Wilson