| State | South Carolina |
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| Name | Bear Bluff Formation |
| Geologic age | Pliocene |
| Lithologic constituents | Major
Sedimentary > Carbonate > LimestoneConsists gray to cream, fossiliferous, coarse-grained calcareous sand, and sandy limestone.
Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > SandConsists gray to cream, fossiliferous, coarse-grained calcareous sand, and sandy limestone.
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| Comments | Secondary unit description from USGS Lexicon (ref.SC003): Bear Bluff Formation named in east-central SC. Extends to NC. Consists gray to cream, fossiliferous, coarse-grained calcareous sand, and sandy limestone. 3 m thick at type section along Waccamaw River; ranges from 3 to 45 m. Unconformably overlies Peedee Formation; underlies Canepatch, Conway, or Waccamaw Formation. Age is Pliocene. |
| 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 | Berkeley - Clarendon - Colleton - Darlington - Dillon - Dorchester - Florence - Hampton - Horry - Jasper - Lee - Marion - Marlboro - Orangeburg - Sumter |