Usage:
Chickachoc Chert (OK*)
Chickachoc Chert Member of Wapanucka Limestone (OK*)
Geologic age:
Early Pennsylvanian (Morrowan)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from post office called Chickachoc in 1901 and located at or near present station of Chockie, on Missouri, Kansas, and Texas RR, just east of border of Coalgate quadrangle and near type exposures of the chert lentil (Taff, personal commun., Jan. 26, 1931; Wilmarth, 1938).
AAPG geologic province:
Arkoma basin*
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