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Geologic Unit: Barber

Usage:

Barber Member of Quarry Mountain Formation of Hunton Group (OK)


Geologic age:

Silurian


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Type locality: along a small tributary of Dry Creek in Cherokee Co., northeastern OK, about 3 mi southeast of Barber, in SE/4 NW/4 NE/4 sec. 2, T. 14 N., R. 23 E. (Amsden and Rowland, 1965).


AAPG geologic province:

Arkoma basin
Chautauqua platform


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

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