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  • Usage in publication:
    • Rookery Bay Formation
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Anhydrite
    • Limestone
    • Dolomite
  • 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:

Rookery Bay Formation named and assigned as middle unit to Naples Bay Group in Collier Co., southeastern FL. Consists of 147 m of anhydrite with interbedded chalky limestone and dolomite. A thin pelletal micritic limestone occurs at base, while a thick, regionally persistent anhydrite bed is found at the top. Overlies Panther Camp Formation (new name); underlies Corkscrew Swamp Formation (new name). Age us Early Cretaceous (Comanchean).

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


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Rookery Bay 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 Rookery Bay Formation of Naples Bay 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).


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