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Geologic Unit: Pawhuska
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  • Usage in publication:
    • Pawhuska limestone
  • Modifications:
    • Revised
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Chautauqua platform
Publication:

Winchester, D.E., 1922, T. 27 N., R. 9 E., IN White, David, and others, Structure and oil and gas resources of the Osage Reservation, Oklahoma: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 686-C, p. 11-15., Chapter published separately in 1918


Summary:

Revised to include the newly named Plummer limestone member. Consists of about 125 ft of limestone, shale, and thin sandstones. Has two thin beds of "red lime" at the top. Overlying shale and sandstone is unnamed. Present in Osage Co, OK on the Chautauqua platform. Overlies the Elgin sandstone. Geologic maps. Columnar sections. Of Pennsylvanian age.

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


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