U.S. Geological Survey Home AASG Logo USGS HOME CONTACT USGS SEARCH USGS
National Geologic Map Database
Geologic Unit: Cameron
Search archives
Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Cameron sandstone member*
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Sandstone
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Arkoma basin
    • Chautauqua platform
Publication:

Wilson, C.W., Jr., 1935, Age and correlation of Pennsylvanian surface formations, and of oil and gas sands of Muskogee County, Oklahoma: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 19, no. 4, p. 503-520. [Available online, with subscription, from AAPG archives: http://www.aapg.org/datasystems or http://search.datapages.com]


Summary:

Pg. 503-520. Cameron sandstone member of McAlester shale. Commonly thin and regularly bedded, but massive and irregularly bedded in T. 11 N., R. 17 E., and T. 11 N., R. 20 E.; of fine to medium texture; usually light-gray but sometimes brown, especially where massive; ripple marks common. Fossils. Thickness in Muskogee-Porum area 15 to 20 feet. Lies 40 feet above Lequire sandstone member and 1 to 10+/- feet below McAlester (Stigler) coal. Age is Pennsylvanian. Report includes geologic map, columnar sections, measured sections.
Named from exposures northwest and west of Cameron, in T. 8 N., R. 26 E., Le Flore Co., eastern OK.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 324); supplemental information from GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Denver GNULEX).


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.

"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).

Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).

Accessibility FOIA Privacy Policies and Notices

USA Gov U.S. Department of the Interior | U.S. Geological Survey
Supported by the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program
Page Contact Information: Personnel
Page Last Modified: Thu 04 Apr 2024 03:49:35 PM MDT