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Peedee Formation

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Type
  
Formation

Other
  
Clay, limestone

Overlies
  
Black Creek Group

Thickness
  
0 to 886 ft.

Country
  
United States

Primary
  
Sand - glauconitic to argillic

Region
  
North Carolina and South Carolina

The Peedee Formation is a geologic formation in North and South Carolina. A marine deposit, named for exposures along the Great Peedee River, it preserves belemnites and foraminifera fossils dating from the Late Cretaceous.

References

Peedee Formation Wikipedia