The Pungo River Formation is a
geologic formation in
North Carolina. It preserves
fossils
A fossil (from Classical Latin , ) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age. Examples include bones, shells, exoskeletons, stone imprints of animals or microbes, objects preserved in ...
dating back to the
Middle Miocene.
Economic significance
The Pungo River Formation is mined extensively for its
phosphorite
Phosphorite, phosphate rock or rock phosphate is a non-detrital sedimentary rock that contains high amounts of phosphate minerals. The phosphate content of phosphorite (or grade of phosphate rock) varies greatly, from 4% to 20% phosphorus pentoxi ...
deposits.
See also
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List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in North Carolina
This article contains a list of fossil-bearing stratigraphic units in the state of North Carolina, U.S.
Sites
See also
* Paleontology in North Carolina
* Lists of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the United States
References
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References
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Neogene geology of North Carolina
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