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Geologic Unit: Slatington
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  • Usage in publication:
    • Slatington shale
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Shale
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Ouachita folded belt
Publication:

Purdue, A.H., 1909, Structure and stratigraphy of the Ouachita Ordovician area, Arkansas [abs.]: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 19, p. 556-557.


Summary:

Pg. 557. Slatington shale. Shale unconformably overlying Blaylock sandstone and underlying Missouri Mountain formation [not Missouri Mountain slate but a younger formation]. Slatington shale and Misosuri Mountain formation may possibly be Silurian. [Apparently named from Slatington, Montgomery Co., AR. Recognized in southwestern AR and southeastern OK.]
[GNC remark (ca. 1936, US geologic names lexicon, USGS Bull. 896, p. 2011): †Slatington shale abandoned. The rocks are same as those named Missouri Mountain slate by Purdue later in 1909.]

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 2011).


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