Usage:
Academy Church Shale Member of Springer Formation of Noble Ranch Group (OK)
Geologic age:
Early Pennsylvanian (Bashkirian; Morrowan)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: in E/2 NE/4 NW/4 SE/4 and W/2 NW/4 NE/4 SE/4 sec. 1, T. 3 S., R. 2 E., Carter Co., OK (Straka, 1972).
AAPG geologic province:
South Oklahoma folded belt
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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