Usage:
Castor Creek Member of Fleming Formation (LA*)
Geologic age:
Miocene*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section (subsurface): a composite of two water wells, in sec. 30, T. 3 N., R. 2 W., Rapides Parish, central LA (Fisk, 1940).
Notable exposures in southern valley wall of Castor Creek, in T. 3 and 4 N., R. 2 W., Rapides Parish, central LA (Fisk, 1940).
AAPG geologic province:
Gulf Coast basin*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).
Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).