Usage:
Foley Formation (LA*,TX*)
Subunits:
(alphabetical) --all in LA*: Mamou Member, Steep Gully Member.
Geologic age:
Pliocene*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from town of Foley, central Allen Parish, southwestern LA. Name Oakdale has been used for other deposits (Jones, 1954).
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 ([ ]).