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Geologic Unit: Roosevelt

Usage:

/Roosevelt Gabbros of Raggedy Mountain Gabbro Group (OK)

[Conflicts with several articles in nomenclature guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). Not used by the USGS.]


Subunits:

(alphabetical) --all in OK: /Glen Creek Gabbro, /Mount Sheridan Gabbro, /Sandy Creek Gabbro.


Geologic age:

Cambrian


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

Type locality not designated. Named from town of Roosevelt, Kiowa Co., OK (Powell and others, 1980).


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 ([ ]).