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  • Usage in publication:
    • Ocean Reef 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 Ocean Reef Club, a nearby settlement. Type section is Sinclair No. 1 Williams well, sec. 24, T59S, R40E, Monroe Co., FL. Type interval is 9250 to 10,165 ft. Occurs in southernmost Florida. Includes Sunniland Limestone, Lake Trafford Formation, and an unnamed section. Consists of limestone, dolomite, and anhydrite. Overlies the Punta Gorda Anhydrite [Formation] of the Glades Group; underlies the Big Cypress Group. Report includes type logs and sections. Age is Early Cretaceous (Comanchean, upper Trinity).

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


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Ocean Reef 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:

Shown (undivided) in the subsurface of the eastern Gulf Coastal Plain. Age is Early Cretaceous (middle and late Albian, Trinitian).

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


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Ocean Reef 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 Ocean Reef Group, including its Sunniland, Lake Trafford, and Rattlesnake Hammock Formations, is 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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