Geologic map of the Walnut, Miss.-Tenn., 7.5' QuadrangleGeology by Charles T. Swann, R.P.G.Mississippi Mineral Resources Institute

2002

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Qal Sand, silt, clay: flood plain deposits associated withexisting fluvial system

Porters Creek FormationClay: micaceous, locally silty, massive to laminated,conchoidal to blocky fracture, spiculitic, sparse bivalvefossils; becomes sandy, glauconitic, bedded in lowerpart of section; becomes massive upon weathering

Fault: Approximately located;upthrown and downthrownblocks indicated by "U" and "D"

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Owl Creek FormationClay, silt, sand: typically silty clay, sandy, verymicaceous, fossiliferous; sand beds fine-grained, thin;unit often carbonaceous at top; weathers to sandy clay

Axis of anticlinal feature

Hydrocarbon well - dry hole

Clayton Formation; Chalybeate MemberSand: medium- to fine-grained, poorly bedded, minorclay beds, fossiliferous; at base is discontinuouslimestone, glauconitic, phosphatic, fossiliferous; upperunit weathers to massive argillaceous sand; entireunit assigned to Chalybeate Member

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Tmr Meridian SandSand: medium- to coarse-grained, cross-bedded, minorclay beds, silicified wood locally common

Tna Naheola FormationSand, clay, lignite: sand beds typically medium-grainedand argillaceous, may be well sorted, may locally contain granules; clays are gray to yellowish-gray, thinly beddedto laminated; base is locally channeled and may containangular clay boulders, often has a "mealy" texture

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