Peedee Formation

Peedee Formation
Stratigraphic range: Cretaceous
Type Formation
Overlies Black Creek Formation
Thickness 0 to 886 ft.
Lithology
Primary Sand - glauconitic to argillic
Other Clay, limestone
Location
Region North Carolina and South Carolina
Country United States
Type section
Named for Pee Dee River, type locality: Burches Ferry, South Carolina[1]

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.[1]

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