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Driskill Mountain is a landform created by the erosion of unlithified Paleogene Sediment . Its summit consists of nonmarine quartz sands of the Cockfield Formation. These sands overlie shallow marine and coastal clays, silts, and sands of the Cook Mountain Formation, which form its bulk. Driskill Mountain was named for James Christopher Driskill, who once owned the property containing Driskill Mountain during the late 1800s. He was born in Georgia and moved with his family, which included eight boys and one girl, to Louisiana in 1859. His descendants still live in the area. REFERENCES Heinrich, P. V. (2001). Louisiana Geofacts. ''Public Information Series'' 6, Louisiana Geological Survey. EXTERNAL LINKS |