Usage:
Big Cypress Group (FL*)
Big Cypress Group of Marquesas Supergroup (FL)
Subunits:
Marco Junction Formation (FL*), Gordon Pass Formation (FL*), Dollar Bay Formation (FL*).
Geologic age:
late Early Cretaceous (Albian; Comanchean Provincial Epoch, Fredericksburgian Provincial Age)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section (subsurface): Humble Oil and Refining Company No. 1 Collier Corp. well, in sec. 27, T. 50 S., R. 26 E., Collier Co., southern FL. Named from Big Cypress Swamp (Winston, 1971).
AAPG geologic province:
Florida platform*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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