Usage:
No current usage.
(†Buck Point Sandstone (OK) is same as Okesa Sandstone. See Okesa.)
Geologic age:
Pennsylvanian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not designated. Occurs with underlying shale at Buck Point, and elsewhere around edges of the main divide between Sand and Buck Creek, in T. 26 N., R. 11 E. Origin of name not stated by author, but probably named from Buck Point, Osage Co., OK (Clark, 1922).
AAPG geologic province:
Chautauqua platform*
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Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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