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  • Usage in publication:
    • Able Member*
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Anhydrite
    • Limestone
    • Dolomite
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • South Florida province
Publication:

Applegate, A.V., Winston, G.O., and Palacas, J.G., 1981, Subdivision and regional stratigraphy of the Pre-Punta Gorda rocks (lowermost Cretaceous-Jurassic?) in South Florida: Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions, v. 31 (supplement), p. 447-453.


Summary:

Able Member, upper member of Lehigh Acres Formation (new) of Glades Group. Consists of white to gray anhydrite interbedded with brown micritic, pure limestone and gray argillaceous limestone, with occasional dolomite beds. Thickness is 210 feet in type well. Overlies the Twelve Mile Member (new) of Lehigh Acres; underlies the Punta Gorda Anhydrite of Glades Group. Age is Early Cretaceous (earliest Comanchean).
Type section (subsurface): depth-interval 12,250 to 12,460 ft, Humble Oil and Refining Company No. 1 Lehigh Acres well P-407, in sec. 14, T. 45 S., R. 27 E., Lee Co., FL. Named from the nearby Able Canal.

Source: Modified from GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).


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