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Geologic Unit: Milams

Usage:

Milams Member of Cook Mountain Formation of Claiborne Group (LA,TX?)


Geologic age:

early Tertiary (middle Eocene)


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

Type locality: on Arkansas Southern RR, 0.5 to 0.75 mi southwest of Milams, in NE/4 sec. 17, T. 13, R. 3 W., Winn Parish, northwestern LA (Ellisor, 1929).


AAPG geologic province:

Arkla basin
East Texas basin?


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

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