Hawthorn Group
The Hawthorn Group is a stratigraphic unit that includes several geologic formations of Late Oligocene to Pliocene age in North Florida, United States. It is known for its phosphate rock resources, and for its rich assemblages of Neogene vertebrate fossils. It was originally called the Waldo Formation by L.C. Johnson of the United States Geological Survey in 1887, and later became the Hawthorne Group named for Hawthorne, Florida, where its phosphate-rich rock was quarried and processed for use as fertilizer.
| Hawthorn Group | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Miocene | |
| Type | Group |
| Sub-units | (See text) |
| Overlies | Ocala Limestone |
| Thickness | > 330 feet |
| Location | |
| Region | North Florida |
| Country | United States |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Hawthorne, Florida |
| Named by | L.C. Johnson, 1887 |
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