Usage:
Key Largo Limestone (FL*)
Fort Thompson Formation
Geologic age:
Quaternary (Pleistocene)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Exposures in cuts and borrow pits on Key Largo, at frequent intervals from south shore of Lake Surprise to west end of island at Tavernier Creek, a distance of 15 mi (Sanford, 1909).
AAPG geologic province:
Florida platform*
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