Usage:
Tampa Limestone (AL,FL*)
Tampa Formation (AL,FL)
Tampa Member of Arcadia Formation (FL*)
Geologic age:
Tertiary*
Oligocene, late*
Miocene, early*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Tampa, Hillsborough Co., west coast FL (Johnson, 1888).
Reference section (subsurface): Bradenton R.O.M.P. TR7-1 core W-15166, in W/4 sec. 26, T. 35 S., R. 17 E., Manatee Co., FL (Scott, 1988).
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.
"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 ([ ]).