U.S. Geological Survey Home AASG Logo USGS HOME CONTACT USGS SEARCH USGS
National Geologic Map Database

Geologic Unit: Daube

Usage:

Daube Member of Hoxbar Formation (OK)
Daube Limestone of Hoxbar Group (OK)


Geologic age:

Late Pennsylvanian (Missourian)


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Named from exposures near abandoned coal mine of Daube, Westheimer, Munzesheimer, and Zuckerman, in SE/4 sec. 8, T. 5 S., R. 1 E. [R. 2 E.?], Carter Co., OK (Tomlinson, 1929).


AAPG geologic province:

South Oklahoma folded belt


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.

"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).

Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).