Usage:
Lake Ardmore Sandstone Member of Springer Formation of Noble Ranch Group (OK)
Lake Ardmore Sandstone of Springer Group (OK*-recognized locally in southern Arbuckle Mountains)
Subunits:
MEMBER STATUS: Target Limestone Lentil (OK).
Geologic age:
Early Pennsylvanian (Bashkirian; Namurian; Morrowan)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality (formation status): in NW/4 SW/4 sec. 4, T. 3 S., R. 2 E., Carter Co., central southern OK (Tomlinson and McBee, 1959).
Named from sportsman's lake, Lake Ardmore, in sec. 2, T. 4 S., R. 1 E., Carter Co., central southern 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.
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