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  • Usage in publication:
    • Acme dolomite
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Dolomite
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Permian basin
    • Palo Duro basin
Publication:

Lloyd, A.M., and Thompson, W.C., 1929, Correlation of Permian outcrops on eastern side of the West Texas Permian basin: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 13, no. 8, p. 945-956. [Available online, with subscription, from AAPG archives: http://www.aapg.org/datasystems or http://search.datapages.com]


Summary:

Pg. 951, pl. 9. Acme dolomite in Blaine formation of Double Mountain group. Above Mangum dolomite the first prominent dolomite is a series of several beds, 1 to 6 feet thick, which has been called the Acme, from its type exposure in Hardeman County, where thick beds of gypsum below the dolomite are mined. The Acme is traced southward to Stonewall County and may be correlated with reasonable certainty with McCaulley beds of Fisher County. It lies 64 feet above Mangum dolomite and 90 feet below Guthrie dolomite, all in Blaine formation. Age is Late Permian. See also [1932] entry under McCaulley dolomite.
Type exposure: [town of Acme] in Hardeman Co., TX.
[Town of Acme (historical), a mining center for gypsum from the 1890s to 1940s, located at Lat. 34 deg. 19 min. 00 sec. N., Long. 99 deg. 49 min. 26 sec. W., Quanah West 7.5-min quadrangle, Hardeman Co., TX (USGenWeb Project, usgenweb.org, and USGS GNIS database; accessed November 19, 2013).]

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 11-12).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Acme dolomite bed
  • Modifications:
    • Reference
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • South Oklahoma folded belt
    • Palo Duro basin
Publication:

Johnson, K.S., 1990, Standard outcrop section of the Blaine Formation and associated strata in southwestern Oklahoma: Oklahoma Geology Notes, v. 50, no. 5, p. 144-168.


Summary:

Acme dolomite bed occurs at base of unit 6 of the Van Vacter Member (revised) of Blaine Formation of El Reno Group. In one measured section, is a gray dolomite, 2.2 feet thick. In reference section, consists of two gray dolomites separated by a white gypsum, 8.3 feet thick. Recognized in Greer and Harman Counties, southern Oklahoma. Underlies Dog Creek Shale of El Reno Group. Age is Permian. Report includes cross sections. Also mapped in Texas.
Reference section: in NE/4 sec. 11 and SE/4 sec. 1, T. 1 N., R. 26 W., [approx. Lat. 34 deg. 34 min. 22 sec. N., Long. 99 deg. 54 min. 10 sec. W., Hollis SW 7.5-min quadrangle, Harmon Co.], southern OK.

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


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Acme Dolomite [unranked]
  • Modifications:
    • Mapped 1:250k
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Dolomite
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Palo Duro basin
    • Permian basin
Publication:

Barnes, V.E. (project director), 1993, Geologic atlas of Texas, Lubbock sheet [revision of 1967 ed.]: University of Texas-Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology Geologic Atlas of Texas, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000, Halbert Pleasant Bybee memorial edition [Also available in GIS format: Texas Comm. Env. Quality (TCEQ), Austin, TX, 15-minute Digital GAT (Geologic Atlas of Texas) Quads, v. 3/01/2004, NW CD-ROM. GIS files, browse graphics: http://www.beg.utexas.edu/mainweb/services/15minquads.htm]


Summary:

Acme Dolomite [unranked] in middle part of Blaine Formation. Age is Permian.
[Mapped in Cottle, Foard, King, and Stonewall Cos., TX.]

Source: Publication.


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