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Geologic Unit: Dothan
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  • Usage in publication:
    • Dothan limestone [unranked]
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Limestone
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Bend arch
Publication:

Plummer, F.B., 1919, Preliminary paper on the stratigraphy of the Pennsylvanian formations of north-central Texas, with discussion: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 3, no. 1, p. 132-150. [Available online, with subscription, from AAPG archives: http://www.aapg.org/datasystems or http://search.datapages.com]


Summary:

Pg. 133-145. Dothan limestone occurs in lower part of Moran formation, of Cisco group, about 160 feet below top of the Moran and 60 feet above Pueblo formatoin. Outcrops near Dothan, Callahan County, central northern Texas. Northward it pinches out into sands and shales. [Age is Late Pennsylvanian.]

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 624).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Dothan limestone lentil
  • Modifications:
    • Areal extent
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Limestone
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Bend arch
Publication:

Plummer, F.B., and Moore, R.C., 1922, Pennsylvanian stratigraphy of north-central Texas: Journal of Geology, v. 30, no. 1, p. 18-42.


Summary:

Pg. 24, 31; Univ. Texas Bull., no. 2132, p. 177-180, and charts. Dothan limestone lentil of Moran formation of Brazos River Valley is approximately = Horse Creek limestone of Colorado River Valley, but it is not certain they are same bed. Is separated from overlying Sedwick limestone by 100 feet of shale with sandstone lenses, and is underlain by 60 feet of sandy shale forming basal member of Moran formation.
[Moran formation transferred to Permian Wichita group in 1933 (E.H. Sellards, Univ. Texas Bull., no. 3232).]

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 624).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Dothan limestone [unranked]†
  • Modifications:
    • Abandoned
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Bend arch
Publication:

Wilmarth, M.G., 1936, [Selected Geologic Names Committee remarks (ca. 1935-1938) on Carboniferous and Permian rocks of Texas], IN Wilmarth, M.G., 1938, Lexicon of geologic names of the United States (including Alaska): U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 896, pts. 1-2, 2396 p.


Summary:

†Dothan limestone in Moran formation abandoned.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 624, 1419).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Dothan limestone
  • Modifications:
    • Revised
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Bend arch
Publication:

Cheney, M.G., 1940, Geology of north-central Texas: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 24, no. 1, p. 65-118. [Available online, with subscription, from AAPG archives: http://www.aapg.org/datasystems or http://search.datapages.com]


Summary:

Pg. 66 (fig. 1). Dothan limestone. Rank raised to formation in the Moran herein raised to group status. Underlies Horse Creek formation; overlies Camp Colorado formation in Pueblo group. Report includes stratigraphic chart.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 1145).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Dothan limestone†
  • Modifications:
    • Abandoned
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Bend arch
Publication:

Cheney, M.G. (leader), 1948, Study of Lower Permian and Upper Pennsylvanian rocks in Brazos and Colorado River Valleys of west-central Texas, particularly from Coleman Junction to Home Creek limestones: Abilene Geological Society Field Trip Guidebook, Spring Field Trip, June 11-12, 1948, 20 p.


Summary:

Pg. 5. Replaced by Ibex limestone (new). Term Dothan preoccupied.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 1145).


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

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