Congaree Shale
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Description:
Multiple samples (GR737a-o) listed in book as Eocene grit. Samples are gray schistose clay-like chunks and appear to have some graphite content, potentially an alteration product. All samples are listed on the label as Eocene Congaree Shale and were collected from the Three Cornered Pond, 2 miles east of Seivern, c. 1900.
- Site: SC; Aiken Co.
- Site Number: NH36
- Era: Cenozoic
- Period: Paleogene
- Epoch: Eocene
- Rock type: Sedimentary
- Collection: Geology Collection
- Object Name: Sedimentary Rock
- Object Id: GR737
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