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  • Usage in publication:
    • Bayshore Clay Member
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Clay
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • South Florida province
Publication:

Hunter, M.E., 1968, Molluscan guide fossils in late Miocene sediments of southern Florida: Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions, v. 18, p. 439-450.


Summary:

Named Bayshore Clay Member of the Tamiami Formation for the Bayshore Waterway, Charlotte Co., FL. Consists of white to tan phosphatic sandy clay. Unit is 0.3 meter thick. It overlies the Hawthorn Formation and underlies the Murdock Station Member of the Tamiami Formation. The Bayshore is of Pliocene age.

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


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Bayshore Clay Member
  • Modifications:
    • Overview
    • Age modified
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Florida platform
Publication:

DuBar, J.R., 1974, Summary of Neogene stratigraphy of southern Florida, IN Oaks, R.Q., Jr., and Du Bar, J.R., eds., Post-Miocene stratigraphy central and southern Atlantic Coastal Plain: Utah State University Press, p. 206-231.


Summary:

Bayshore Clay Member in the lower part of the Tamiami Formation is shown as middle Miocene to middle Pliocene.

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


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Bayshore
  • Modifications:
    • Not used
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Florida platform
Publication:

Scott, T.M., 1988, The lithostratigraphy of the Hawthorn Group (Miocene) of Florida: Florida Geological Survey Bulletin, no. 59, 148 p.


Summary:

Peace River Formation (new) of Hawthorn Group includes siliciclastic beds previously placed in the Tamiami Formation by Parker (1951) and in the Murdock Station and Bayshore Clay Members of the Tamiami by Hunter (1968).

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


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