- Usage in publication:
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- Clem Creek sandstone*
- Modifications:
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- Named
- Dominant lithology:
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- Sandstone
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Chautauqua platform
Summary:
Named for beds exposed along Clem Creek in the northwestern part of T23N, R11E, eastern part of the Osage Nation, Osage Co, OK on the Chautauqua platform. No type locality designated. Consists of a series of massive medium-grained sandstones and thin lenticular shales with a combined thickness of 60 to 65 ft. Rests on red limestone; "its upper limit is the top of a massive bed of sandstone 18 ft thick, which is marked by a line of woods at the base of a grass-covered prairie, developed on the overlying shale." Lies about 195 ft above the top of the Avant limestone. Underlies unnamed shale. Geologic maps. Columnar sections. Of Middle Pennsylvanian age.
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Denver GNULEX).
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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