- Usage in publication:
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- Buck Point sandstone
- Modifications:
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- First used
- Dominant lithology:
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- Sandstone
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Chautauqua platform
Summary:
First published use in the Osage Reservation area, Osage Co, OK on the Chautauqua platform. No type locality designated. Occurs with underlying shale at Buck Point [source of name?] and elsewhere around edges of the main divide between Sand and Buck Creek in T26N, R11E; on north side of Buck Creek in secs 2, 3, and 4, has a thin productoid-bearing stratum at top, which is easily traceable. Is about 45 ft thick and forms a prominent bench with a vertical cliff below. Immediately overlain by a thin shale, but mostly overlain principally by sandstone; occurs 95-115 ft stratigraphically below the top of the Revard sandstone. Lies 65-115 ft above the Okesa sandstone (new). Geologic maps. Stratigraphic sections. Of middle Pennsylvanian age.
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Denver GNULEX).
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