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  • Usage in publication:
    • Corkscrew Swamp Formation
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Limestone
    • Anhydrite
    • Dolomite
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Florida platform
Publication:

Winston, G.D., 1976, Six proposed formations in the undefined portion of the Lower Cretaceous section in South Florida: Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions, v. 26, p. 69-72.


Summary:

Corkscrew Swamp Formation here named and assigned to top of Naples Bay Group. Consists 137 m of limestone with thin anhydrite and microcrystalline dolomite beds. Dense micritic limestone occurs at base; thin anhydrite bed at top. Overlies Rookery Bay Formation of Naples Bay Group and underlies Pine Key Formation. Age is Early Cretaceous (Comanchean).

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


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Corkscrew Swamp Formation*
  • Modifications:
    • Overview
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Florida platform
Publication:

Pollastro, R.M., and Viger, R.J., 1998, Maps showing hydrocarbon plays of the Florida Peninsula, U.S. Geological Survey petroleum province 50: U.S. Geological Survey Oil and Gas Investigations Map, OM-226, 1 sheet, 7 p., scale 1:1,000,000


Summary:

Early Cretaceous Corkscrew Swamp Formation of Naples Bay Group used following Faulkner and Applegate (1986, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions, v. 36, p. 83-96) and Lloyd (1991, Florida Geological Survey Information Circular 107, p. 1-62).

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


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