Usage:
Guthrie Dolomite Member of Blaine Formation of Pease River Group (TX*)
Guthrie Dolomite Member of Dog Creek Shale of El Reno Group (OK*)
Guthrie Dolomite Bed of Dog Creek Shale of El Reno Group (OK)
Geologic age:
early Permian (Leonardian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Underlies town of Guthrie, King Co., central northern TX, and outcrops along South Wichita River or Salt River east of town (Cheney, 1929).
Reference section: in bluff, in SE/4 SW/4 NE/4 sec. 11, T. 1 N., R. 26 W., and southwest-flowing creek, in SW/4 SE/4 sec. 1 to NE/4 NE/4 SE/4 sec. 1, T. 1 N., R. 26 W., Harmon Co., OK (Johnson, 1990).
AAPG geologic province:
Palo Duro basin*
Permian basin*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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