Usage:
Post Oak Conglomerate (OK*)
Geologic age:
Permian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from Post Oak Creek in sec. 12, T. 2 N., R. 15 W., and from Post Oak Mission [no longer exists] in northeast corner of sec. 7, T. 2 N., R. 14 W., [Fort Sill Military Reservation, Quanah Mountain 7.5-min quadrangle], Comanche Co., southwestern OK, where unit is thick and well developed (Chase, 1954).
AAPG geologic province:
Anadarko basin*
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 ([ ]).