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  • Usage in publication:
    • Crekola 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. Crekola sandstone member of Boggy shale. Brown sandstone, regularly bedded, blocky, medium textrue, 10 feet thick. Lies 10+/- feet below Inola limestone member of Boggy and 6+/- feet above Secor or Upper Witteville coal. Age is Pennsylvanian. Report includes geologic map, columnar sections, measured sections.
Named for fact that village of Crekola, in E/2 sec. 10, T. 14 N., R. 17 E., Muskogee Co., eastern OK, is located on this sandstone.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 541); supplemental information from GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Denver GNULEX).


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

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