Geology of the Albany West quadrangle, Georgia
IMAP
348
Prepared in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Mines, Mining and Geology
By: Robert L. Wait
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Abstract
The Albany West Quadrangle is near the east edge of the Dougherty Plain of southwestern Georgia, an area of karst topography. The Ocala limestone (uppoer Eocene) underlies the quadrangle and crops out along the Flint River and its tributaries and sinkholes. Sinkholes of two ages are developed in the limestone. A gravelly argillaceous sand of Pliocene(?) age is exposed in ditches near the Flint River and in a sinkhole in the western part of the quadrangle. Reddish brown, argillaceous, older Pleistocene sand, believed to be part of a marine terrace deposit above altitude 160 feet, overlies the Pliocene(?) and is exposed in a sinkhole. River terraces are present along the Flint River at altitudes of 175 and 200 feet. Accumulations of dune sand east of the Flint River are believed to have been derived from the earliest river-terrace deposit. The quadrangle is covered by a mixture of reddish-brown, argillaceous, older Pleistocene sand, and residuum containing siliceous boulders from the Ocala limestone, which has been mapped as residuum.
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| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Geology of the Albany West quadrangle, Georgia |
| Series title | IMAP |
| Series number | 348 |
| DOI | 10.3133/i348 |
| Year Published | 1962 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Publisher location | Washington, D.C. |
| Description | Plate: 41.67 x 36.05 inches |
| Country | United States |
| State | Georgia |
| County | Dougherty County;Lee County |
| City | Albany |
| Other Geospatial | Dougherty Plain;Flint River |
| Scale | 24000 |
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