- Usage in publication:
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- Doxey shale member
- Modifications:
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- Areal extent
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Anadarko basin
Summary:
Pg. 1473, 1474. Divided Quartermaster formation of Custer, Washita, Beckham, Caddo, and Grady Counties, [Oklahoma], into (descending): Elk City sandstone, Doxey shale, and Cloud Chief member (sandstone, gypsum, and dolomite facies).
The Doxey is 160 to 200 feet thick in Washita and Beckham Counties. Contact with Elk City sandstone is irregular. Near middle of the Doxey there are several bench-forming beds of siltstone.
The Elk City member is almost solid sandstone. It is well exposed in SE/4 of T. 11 N., R. 19 W., Its maximum observed thickness is approximately 170 feet, but cover of windblown sands has made it impossible to locate its top.
Source: US geologic names lexicons (USGS Bull. 896, Bessie entry p. 1753; USGS Bull. 1200, p. 1153).
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