Black Mingo Group
The Black Mingo Group is a geologic group in South Carolina composed of dark grey to black clays, shales, laminated sandy shales, and yellow-red sands. The group's name comes from Black Mingo Creek where outcrops of the group are exposed. The bottom boundary is an unconformity with Cretaceous deposits. It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period.
| Black Mingo Group Stratigraphic range: Paleogene | |
|---|---|
| Type | Group |
| Sub-units | Rhems Formation, Williamsburg Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | shale |
| Other | clay, sand |
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| Named for | Black Mingo Creek |
References
- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Archived from the original on 31 July 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
- Cooke, C. Wythe (1936). "Geology of the Coastal Plain of South Carolina". Geological Survey Bulletin. Bulletin 867: 41–42. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
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