Usage:
Ocean Reef Group (FL*)
Ocean Reef Group of Marquesas Supergroup (FL)
Subunits:
Sunniland Limestone (FL), Sunniland Formation (FL*). Lake Trafford Formation (FL*). Rattlesnake Hammock Formation (FL*).
Geologic age:
late Early Cretaceous (Albian; Comanchean Provincial Epoch, Trinitian Provincial Age)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section (subsurface): Sinclair No. 1 Williams well, in sec. 24, T. 59 S., R. 40 E., Monroe Co., FL. Named from nearby Ocean Reef Club (Winston, 1971).
AAPG geologic province:
Florida platform*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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