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  • Usage in publication:
    • Lost City limestone
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Limestone
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Chautauqua platform
Publication:

Gould, C.N., 1911, Structural materials in different counties, Chapter X; Tulsa County, IN Gould, C.N., and others, Preliminary report on the structural materials of Oklahoma: Oklahoma Geological Survey Bulletin, no. 5, p. 179.


Summary:

Pg. 179. Lost City limestone. A ledge of limestone which forms a prominent exposure on high hills south of Arkansas River a few miles southwest of Tulsa is known as Lost City limestone. It is quarried at town of Lost City. Age is Pennsylvanian.
Named from exposures near Lost City, near Sand Springs, Tulsa Co., northeastern OK.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 1220).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Lost City limestone†
  • Modifications:
    • Not used
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Chautauqua platform
Publication:

Gould, C.N., 1925, Index to the stratigraphy of Oklahoma, with lists of characteristic fossils by C.E. Decker: Oklahoma Geological Survey Bulletin, no. 35, 115 p.


Summary:

Pg. 73. On hills south of Arkansas River west of Tulsa [Oklahoma], the Hogshooter limestone, which has long been known as "Lost City" limestone, thickens to 20 feet.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 1220).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Lost City member
  • Modifications:
    • Revised
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Chautauqua platform
Publication:

Oakes, M.C., 1940, Geology and mineral resources of Washington County, Oklahoma: Oklahoma Geological Survey Bulletin, no. 62, 208 p.


Summary:

Pg. 44. Lost City member of Hogshooter formation. Rank reduced to member status in Hogshooter formation. In Washington County [Oklahoma], a 5-foot soft gray platy limestone bed is referred to Lost City member. Underlies Winterset member; overlies Stark or Canville; regarded as time equivalent of both Canville limestone and Stark shale members. Age is Late Pennsylvanian (Missourian).

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 2237).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Lost City member
  • Modifications:
    • Overview
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Chautauqua platform
Publication:

Oakes, M.C., 1952, Geology and mineral resources of Tulsa County, Oklahoma (includes parts of adjacent counties), with sections on oil and gas by G.S. Dille, and water resources by J.H. Warren: Oklahoma Geological Survey Bulletin, no. 69, 234 p., (incl. geologic map)


Summary:

Pg. 61-62. [Lost City member of Hogshooter formation.] Described in Tulsa County [Oklahoma], where thickness ranges from 3 feet at northernmost exposure to 50 feet south of Arkansas River. Age is Late Pennsylvanian (Missourian).

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 2237).


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