Usage:
Denkman Sandstone Member of Norphlet Formation (subsurface of AL*,FL*,MS*)
Geologic age:
Late Jurassic (Oxfordian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section (subsurface): depth-interval 15,997 to 16,276 ft, Lion Oil Company No. 2 Denkman well, [API no. 23121000880000], in NW/4 NE/4 sec. 22, T. 7 N., R. 4 E., [approx. Lat. 32 deg. 26 min. 18 sec. N., Long. 89 deg. 52 min. 27 sec. W., western edge Leesburg 7.5-min quadrangle, Wildcat field], Rankin Co., central MS (Murray, 1961).
AAPG geologic province:
Mid-Gulf Coast basin*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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