| State | South Carolina |
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| Name | Socastee Formation |
| Geologic age | Pleistocene |
| Lithologic constituents | Major
Unconsolidated > Fine-detrital > ClayDescribed as variegated quartzose sands, argillaceous sands, and clays, 5 m thick at the type section near Socastee Swamp.
Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > SandDescribed as variegated quartzose sands, argillaceous sands, and clays, 5 m thick at the type section near Socastee Swamp.
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| Comments | Secondary unit description from USGS Lexicon (ref.SC003): Socastee Formation here named in Horry Co., SC, and recognized in NC. Described as variegated quartzose sands, argillaceous sands, and clays, 5 m thick at the type section near Socastee Swamp. Unconformably overlies Canepatch Formation; unconformably underlies Waiter Island Formation and Ocean Forest Peat. Age is Pleistocene. |
| 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.USGS Geologic Names lexicon found at: http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Geolex/https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Geolex/search |
| Counties | Aiken - Allendale - Barnwell - Beaufort - Berkeley - Charleston - Chesterfield - Clarendon - Colleton - Darlington - Dillon - Dorchester - Georgetown - Hampton - Horry - Jasper - Marion - Marlboro - Williamsburg |