Usage:
Fort Pierce Formation (AL*,FL*)
Fort Pierce Formation of Marquesas Supergroup (FL)
Geologic age:
Early Cretaceous*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section (subsurface): Amerada Petroleum Corp. Cowles Magazines No. 2 well, 9 mi south of Fort Pierce, in sec. 19, T. 35 S., R. 40 E., St. Lucie Co., FL (Applin and Applin, 1965).
AAPG geologic province:
Florida platform*
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 ([ ]).