The Black Mingo Group is a
geologic group in
South Carolina
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composed of dark grey to black clays, shales, laminated sandy shales, and yellow-red sands. The group's name comes from
Black Mingo Creek
Black Mingo Creek is a tributary to the Black River in coastal South Carolina. The creek derives its name from the Mingo, a tribe that once inhabited the fork made by the junction of Indiantown Swamp and Black Mingo Creek.
It is a blackwater riv ...
where outcrops of the group are exposed. The bottom boundary is an
unconformity
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with
Cretaceous
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deposits. It preserves
fossils
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dating back to the
Paleogene
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period
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.
See also
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List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in South Carolina
This article contains a list of fossil-bearing stratigraphic units in the state of South Carolina, U.S.
Sites
See also
* Paleontology in South Carolina
References
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Paleontology in South Carolina The location of the state of South Carolina
Paleontology in South Carolina refers to paleontological research occurring within or conducted by people from the U.S. state of South Carolina.
Evidence suggests that at least part of South Carolina wa ...
References
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Geologic groups of South Carolina
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