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Geologic Unit: Lugert

Usage:

Lugert Granite of /Wichita Granite Group (OK-recognized locally in western Wichita igneous province, Wichita Mountains area)

[Wichita Granite Group preempted by Wichita [Group] by Cummins (1890) in TX. A group name combines a geographic name with the term "group," and no lithic designation is included (ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021).]


Geologic age:

Middle Cambrian


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

Not designated. Origin of name not stated by author, but probably named from town of Lugert, Kiowa Co., OK, in Wichita Mountains district (Taylor, 1915).


AAPG geologic province:

South Oklahoma folded belt
Palo Duro basin


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 ([ ]).