U.S. Geological Survey Home AASG Logo USGS HOME CONTACT USGS SEARCH USGS
National Geologic Map Database
Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Lake Trafford Formation
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Limestone
    • Anhydrite
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • South Florida province
Publication:

Oglesby, W.R., 1965, Folio of South Florida basin; a preliminary study: Florida Geological Survey Map Series, 19, 10 sheets, 3 p., scale approx. 1 in. = 40 mi.


Summary:

Lake Trafford Formation named in Collier Co., southeastern FL. Unit consists of buff to brown limestone with minor anhydrite. Thickness at type well is 41 m. Overlies Sunniland Limestone. Age is Early Cretaceous.

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


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Lake Trafford Formation
  • Modifications:
    • Overview
  • 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:

Lake Trafford Formation of Ocean Reef Group is 159 ft thick in report area. Overlies Sunniland Formation and underlies Rattlesnake Hammock Formation (new), both of Ocean Reef Group. Age is Early Cretaceous.

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


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Lake Trafford Formation
  • Modifications:
    • Overview
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Florida platform
Publication:

Richards, J.A., 1988, Depositional history of the Sunniland Limestone (Lower Cretaceous), Raccoon Point field, Collier County, Florida: Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions, v. 38, p. 473-483.


Summary:

Early Cretaceous (Comanchean) Lake Trafford Formation of Ocean Reef Group in the subsurface of southern FL correlates with the Glen Rose and Stuart City Formations of TX. Overlies Sunniland Limestone of Ocean Reef and underlies an unnamed unit of Ocean Reef.

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


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Lake Trafford 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 Lake Trafford Formation of Ocean Reef 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).


Search archives

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

Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.

"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).

Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).

Accessibility FOIA Privacy Policies and Notices

USA Gov U.S. Department of the Interior | U.S. Geological Survey
Supported by the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program
Page Contact Information: Personnel
Page Last Modified: Thu 04 Apr 2024 03:24:06 PM MDT