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  • Usage in publication:
    • West Felda Shale Member*
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Shale
    • Limestone
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • South Florida province
Publication:

Applegate, A.V., Winston, G.O., and Palacas, J.G., 1981, Subdivision and regional stratigraphy of the Pre-Punta Gorda rocks (lowermost Cretaceous-Jurassic?) in South Florida: Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions, v. 31 (supplement), p. 447-453.


Summary:

West Felda Shale Member, lower member of Lehigh Acres Formation (new) of Glades Group. Consists of dark-gray, micaceous, calcareous shale and shaly limestone. Thickness is 40 feet in type well. Overlies Pumpkin Bay Formation (new); underlies Twelve Mile Member (new) of Lehigh Acres. Age is Early Cretaceous (earliest Comanchean).
Type section (subsurface): depth-interval 12,760 to 12,800 ft, Humble Oil and Refining Company No. 1 Lehigh Acres well P-407, in sec. 14, T. 45 S., R. 27 E., Lee Co., FL. Named from the West Felda oil field.

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


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