Usage:
Ahloso Member of Caney Shale (OK*-recognized locally in northern Arbuckle Mountains)
Originally misspelled Ahlosa.
Geologic age:
Middle Mississippian (Visean; late Meramecian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: in NE/4 sec. 14, T. 2 S., R. 7 E., Johnston Co., OK. Named from Ahloso village at junction of Highways 99 and 3, about 3 mi southeast of Ada, in sec. 14, T. 3 N., R. 6 E., Pontotoc Co., OK (Elias, 1956).
Type section: measured section D (beds 10 to 18), in sec. 14, T. 2 S., R. 7 E., Johnston Co., OK (Elias and Branson, 1959).
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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