Cape Fear/Eutaw Formations (SCKcfe;1)

Cape Fear/Eutaw Formations

Poorly sorted clayey sand and gravel deposited in delta-dominated fluvial- and restricted marine environments. Unit is characterized by an abundance of smoky quartz gravel, feldspar, monazite, and garnet typically concentrated in placer deposits. Generally non-marine from North Carolina to central Georgia but contains shallow-water delta-front deposits in western Georgia.

State	South Carolina
Name	Cape Fear/Eutaw Formations
Geologic age	Cretaceous
Lithologic constituents	Major Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > Gravel Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > Sand
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: USGS Open File Report, in press.
Counties	Chesterfield - Fairfield - Kershaw - Lexington - Marlboro - Richland

Cape Fear/Eutaw Formations

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: USGS Open File Report, in press.