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Geologic Unit: Hoxbar

Usage:

Hoxbar Group (OK)
Hoxbar Formation (OK*)


Subunits:

GROUP STATUS (alphabetical) --all in OK: Confederate Limestone, Crinerville Limestone, Daube Limestone, No-Ho-Co Formation, Zuckermann Limestone.
FORMATION STATUS (alphabetical) --all in OK: Anadarche Member, Confederate Limestone Member, Crinerville Limestone Member, Daube Member, Dolman Member, Zuckermann Limestone Member.


Geologic age:

Late Pennsylvanian (Missourian)*


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Type area: in secs. 26 and 35, T. 5 S., R. 2 E., Carter Co., OK. Named from exposures west of Hoxbar, Carter Co., OK (Tomlinson, 1929).


AAPG geologic province:

South Oklahoma folded belt*


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 ([ ]).