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Geologic Unit: Redoak Hollow

Usage:

Redoak Hollow Sandstone Member of Goddard Formation of Noble Ranch Group (OK)
Redoak Hollow Member of Springer Formation (OK*)
Redoak Hollow Member of Goddard Shale of Springer Group (OK*-recognized locally in southern Arbuckle Mountains)


Geologic age:

Late Mississippian (Serpukhovian; Namurian A; Chesterian)*


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

Type locality: in sec. 30, T. 2 S., R. 1 W., Carter Co., central southern OK (Elias, 1956, p. 70 footnote).
Named from Redoak Hollow, a westward-draining valley in S/2 sec. 19, T. 2 S., R. 1 W., Carter Co., central southern OK (Elias, 1956).


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.

"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 ([ ]).