Usage:
Reformatory Granite of /Wichita Granite Group (OK-recognized locally in western Wichita igneous province, Wichita Mountains area)
[Wichita Granite Group preempted by Wichita [Group] of 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:
Cambrian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not designated. Origin of name not stated by author, but probably named from the State Reformatory, in Granite, in the Wichita Mountains district, Greer Co., OK (Taylor, 1915).
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 ([ ]).