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  • Usage in publication:
    • Naples Bay Group
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Limestone
    • Dolomite
    • Anhydrite
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • South Florida province
Publication:

Winston, G.O., 1971, Regional structure, stratigraphy, and oil possibilities of the South Florida basin: Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions, v. 21, p. 25-28.


Summary:

Named for Naples Bay, 6 mi northwest of type section. Type section in Humble No. 1 Collier Corp. well, sec. 27, T50S, R26E, Collier Co., southern FL. Type interval is 8607 to 9853 ft. Consists of limestone, dolomite, and anhydrite. Contains no previously named subunits. Overlain by Upper Cretaceous chalk; underlain by a regionally mappable anhydrite bed in Big Cypress Group. Report includes type logs and sections. Age is Early Cretaceous (Comanchean, Washita).

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


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Naples Bay Group*
  • Modifications:
    • Overview
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • South Florida province
Publication:

Reinhardt, Juergen, 1992, Overview of the Cretaceous in the Gulf Coastal Plain, IN Zullo, V.A., Harris, W.B., and Price, Van, Jr., eds., Savannah River region; transition between the Gulf and Atlantic Coastal Plains; proceedings of the second Bald Head Island conference on coastal plains geology: University of North Carolina-Wilmington [Special Publication], Hilton Head Island, SC, November 6-11, 1990, no. 2, p. 7-18.


Summary:

Naples Bay Group shown (undivided) in the subsurface of eastern Gulf Coastal Plain. Age is Early Cretaceous (late Albian and early Cenomanian, Washitan).

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


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Naples Bay Group*
  • 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 Naples Bay Group, including its Panther Camp, Rookery Bay, and Corkscrew Swamp Formations, 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).


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