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Geologic Units: Barber
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  • Usage in publication:
    • Barber Member
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Limestone
    • Dolomite
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Chautauqua platform
Publication:

Amsden, T.W., and Rowland, T.L., 1965, Silurian stratigraphy of northeastern Oklahoma: Oklahoma Geological Survey Bulletin, no. 105, 174 p., (incl. geologic map, scale 1:380,160) [http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Prodesc/proddesc_26115.htm]


Summary:

Pg. 43-47, 95, pIs. A, B. Barber Member of Quarry Mountain Formation. Proposed for lower dolomitic member of Quarry Mountain Formation (new). Characteristically dolomitic limestone with numerous beds of calcitic dolomite. Weathers light to medium gray. Thickness 52 feet at type locality (based upon surface exposures plus data from corehole). Underlies Marble City Member (new); overlies Tenkiller Formation (new). Age is Late(?) Silurian.
Type locality: along a small tributary of Dry Creek in Cherokee Co., northeastern OK, about 3 mi southeast of Barber, in SE/4 NW/4 NE/4 sec. 2, T. 14 N., R. 23 E.

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