Usage:
Punta Gorda Anhydrite of Glades Group (FL*)
Punta Gorda Formation of Glades Group (FL)
Geologic age:
Early Cretaceous (Comanchean Provincial Epoch)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section (subsurface): in Humble Oil and Refining Company Lowndes Treadwell 1 A, in sec. 17, T. 42 S., R. 23 E. Charlotte Co., FL. Named from city of Punta Gorda about 6 mi north of Treadwell well (Applin and Applin, 1965).
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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