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Geologic units in Johnston county, Oklahoma

[Additional scientific data in this geographic area]

Deese Group (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Carboniferous Pennsylvanian-Middle) at surface, covers 0.7 % of this area

ARDMORE-SHERMAN- Member of Glenn Fm, mainly massive sandstone, conglomerate and shale. Base of "Confederate Limestone" down to top of "Otterville Limestone;" thickness, 9,700 feet. Occurs in the ARDMORE BASIN

Lithology: sandstone; conglomerate; shale; limestone

Goddard Shale (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Carboniferous Mississippian-Late) at surface, covers 2 % of this area

ARDMORE-SHERMAN- 1. Mainly shale, gray, limonitic; thickness, 3,600 feet in Ardmore Basin, 240-450 feet on Lawrence uplift. In places includes "Rod Club" and "Overbrook Sandstones" and "Union Valley Formation-Wapanucka" shale. Occurs in the ARBUCKLE MTNS 2. Shale, gray, limonitic; estimated thickness, 500 feet, but may be 2,500 Occurs in the OUACHITA MNTS McALESTER TEXARKANA- Shale, gray to black, with some sandstones and ironstone concretions; thickness, 500 feet or more. Occurs in the OUACHITA MTNS NORTH OF TI VALLEY FAULT

Lithology: shale; sandstone

Hunton Group (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Silurian Devonian-Early) at surface, covers 0.1 % of this area

ARDMORE-SHERMAN- Marlstone, shale, and limestone, buff, ranging in age from Early Silurian to Early Devonian; thickness, 100 to 700 feet, with many unconformities Occurs in the ARBUCKLE MTNS

Lithology: carbonate; shale; limestone

Terrace Deposits (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Quaternary | Pleistocene) at surface, covers 2 % of this area

WOODWARD- Lenticular and interfingering deposits of light-tan to gray gravel, sand, silt, clay, and volcanic ash. Sand dunes are common in many places. Thickness ranges up to 150 feet and averages about 60 feet. ENID- Sand, silt, clay, and gravel. Maximum thickness, about 75 feet (23 m) along major streams. TULSA- Fine gravel, sand, silt, and clay. CLINTON- Stream-laid deposits of sand, silt, clay, gravel, and volcanic ash; thickness ranges from 0 to about 120 feet. OKLAHOMA CITY- Lenticular beds of sand, silt, clay, and gravel. Thickness ranges from a few feet to about 100 feet and probably averages about 50 feet along major streams. FORT SMITH- Gravel, sand, silt, and clay. LAWTON- Sand, clay, and gravel as much as 75 feet (23 m) in Tillman County, ranging from 5 to 50 feet (2 to 15 m) elsewhere. ARDMORE-SHERMAN- Gravel, sand, silt, clay, and volcanic ash; thickness, about 5 to 50 feet; at various levels, as high as 160 feet above present flood plains. McALESTER TEXARKANA- Gravel, sand, silt, clay, and volcanic ash; several levels 20 to 160 feet or more above present flood plains, with each level containing deposits that average 20 to 30 feet in thickness, some windblown sand on top; may include colluvial wash down sides of hills

Lithology: sand; gravel; volcanic ash

Goodland Limestone and Walnut Clay (Phanerozoic | Mesozoic | Cretaceous-Early ) at surface, covers 1 % of this area

ARDMORE-SHERMAN- "Goodland Limestone," limestone, gray, dense, nodular to massive; thickness, 20 to 30 feet. At base is "Walnut Clay," tan clay, about 4 feet thick. McALESTER TEXARKANA- Limestone, white, fine crystalline, massive-bedded, with "Texigryphaea mucronata;" some argillaceous buff beds in lower few feet may be "Walnut Clay" equivalents; erodes into a mappable escarpment; thickness, 26 to 55 feet.

Lithology: limestone; mudstone

Timbered Hills Group (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Cambrian-Furongian) at surface, covers 0.4 % of this area

ARDMORE-SHERMAN- "Honey Creek Limestone," above, is gray, fine grained; grades eastward into dolomite; thickness 90 to 250 feet. "Reagan Sandstone," at base, is brown, coarse grained; thickness, 60 to 450 feet. Occurs in the ARBUCKLE MTNS

Lithology: sandstone; limestone; dolostone (dolomite)

Delaware Creek Shale (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Carboniferous Mississippian) at surface, covers 0.6 % of this area

ARDMORE-SHERMAN- 1. Shale, dark-gray to black, fissile, calcareous; thickness, 160 to 750 feet, decreasing northward. Occurs in the ARBUCKLE MTNS 2. Shale, dark-gray to black fissile; thickness 525 feet. Occurs in the OUACHITA MTNS McALESTER TEXARKANA- Shale, black, laminated, with limestone, siderite, and phosphatic concretions, and with greenish-gray silty glauconitic shale at base; thickness, approximately 500 feet. Occurs in the OUACHITA MTNS NORTH OF TI VALLEY FAULT.

Lithology: shale

Oil Creek and Joins Formation (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Ordovician-Middle) at surface, covers 3 % of this area

ARDMORE-SHERMAN- Limestone, gray to tan, granular, with greenish-gray shale and brown fine- to medium-grained sandstone; thickness, 600 to 1,100 feet, decreasing eastward. (Simpson Group) Occurs in the ARBUCKLE MTNS

Lithology: limestone; shale; sandstone

Calvin Sandstone (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Carboniferous Pennsylvanian-Middle) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

OKLAHOMA CITY- Medium-grained, thin-bedded to massive sandstone nd silty shale. Thickness ranges from 230 to about 440 feet. FORT SMITH- Shale and sandstone ARDMORE-SHERMAN- Sandstone, brown, medium-grained, with some gray shale; thickness, 40 to 320 feet, thinner southward.

Lithology: sandstone; shale

Woodford Shale (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Devonian-Late) at surface, covers 13 % of this area

ARDMORE-SHERMAN- Shale, black, fissile, cherty; thickness, 160 to 560 feet, increasing southward. Occurs in the ARBUCKLE MTNS

Lithology: shale

Dornick Hills Group (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Carboniferous Pennsylvanian-Middle) at surface, covers 0.4 % of this area

ARDMORE-SHERMAN- Series of tan shales with limestones, limestone conglomerate and sandstone. Top of "Otterville Limestone" down to base of "Lake Ardmore Sandstone;" thickness 1,800 feet. Occurs in the ARDMORE BASIN

Lithology: shale; limestone; conglomerate; sandstone

Alluvium (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Quaternary | Holocene) at surface, covers 10 % of this area

WOODWARD- Lenticular and interfingering deposits of gravel, sand, silt, and clay. Generally light-tan to gray. Thickness along major streams ranges up to 100 feet and probably averages 40 feet; along minor streams the thickness ranges up to 45 feet and probably averages 20 feet. ENID- Sand, silt, clay, and locally gravel. Maximum thickness ranges from 30 to 80 feet (9 to 24 m) along major streams and from 0 to 60 feet (0 to 18 m) along minor streams. TULSA- Gravel, sand, silt, and clay. TULSA- Gravel, sand, silt, and clay. OKLAHOMA CITY- Sand, silt, clay, and lenticular beds of gravel. Thickness ranges from about 30 to 100 feet and probably averages about 50 feet along major streams. Along minor streams, thickness ranges from a few feet to about 50 feet and probably averages about 25 feet. LAWTON- Sand, clay, and gravel as much as 50 feet (15 m) thick; Shown only along major streams and tributaries . ARDMORE-SHERMAN- Gravel, sand, silt, and clay, including low terraces; thickness, about 25 to 100 feet. McALESTER TEXARKANA- Gravel, sand, silt, and clay, including low terraces about 30 feet above channels; thickness, about 50 feet along Little River and 110 feet along Red River

Lithology: alluvium

Caddo Formation (Phanerozoic | Mesozoic | Cretaceous-Early ) at surface, covers 2 % of this area

ARDMORE-SHERMAN-Limestones, marls, and shales; 150 feet thick. Subdivided into "Fort Worth Limestone" at top and "Duck Creek Limestone" below. McALESTER TEXARKANA- Limestones, white to cream, silty, alternating with gray shales, with "Texigryphaea washitaensis;" 7-foot bed at top (Fort Worth equivalent) and blue-gray silty shales and limestones below with "Texigryphaea navia" (Duck Creek equivalent); thickness, 150 feet. Ouachita Mountain uplift; S. OK folded belt province

Lithology: limestone; shale

Wapanucka Formation (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Carboniferous Pennsylvanian-Early) at surface, covers 0.3 % of this area

ARDMORE-SHERMAN- Limestone, gray to tan, fine-grained to oolitic. Mapped separately along Lawrence uplift as IPwal, 30 to 75 feet thick with gray shale, IPwas, below, about 160 feet thick. Occurs in the ARBUCKLE MTNS

Lithology: limestone

Tishomingo and Troy Granites (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Cambrian-Middle) at surface, covers 14 % of this area

ARDMORE-SHERMAN- Granite, pink, with much microcline and biotite; "Troy" is fine grained; "Tishomingo" is coarse grained. Estimated thickness, 10 miles. (1.3 billion years old) Occurs in the ARBUCKLE MTNS

Lithology: granite

Butterfly Dolomite + Signal Mountain Limestone + Royer Dolomite and Fort Sill Limestone (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Cambrian-Furongian) at surface, covers 1 % of this area

ARDMORE-SHERMAN- Limestone, gray, fine-grained, gradational eastward into tan to pink fine- to coarse-grained dolomites; thickness, 570 to 1,600 feet, decreasing eastward. (Arbuckle Group) Occurs in the ARBUCKLE MTNS

Lithology: limestone; dolostone (dolomite)

Cool Creek and McKenzie Hill Formations (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Ordovician-Early) at surface, covers 7 % of this area

LAWTON- "Cool Creek Formation" and "McKenzie Hill Formation," Ocm, limestone and conglomerate with abundant quartz sand and cherty zones; thickness, approximately 2,000 feet (600 m). (Upper part of Arbuckle Group) ARDMORE-SHERMAN- Limestone, gray to tan, fine-grained, cherty, gradational eastward into dolomites and sandstones; thickness, 1,500 to 2,300 feet, decreasing eastward. (Arbuckle Group) Occurs in the ARBUCKLE MTNS

Lithology: limestone; dolostone (dolomite); sandstone; conglomerate

Antlers Sand or Antlers Sandstone (Phanerozoic | Mesozoic | Cretaceous-Early ) at surface, covers 19 % of this area

ARDMORE-SHERMAN- "Antlers Sand" Sand, white to yellow, medium-grained, weakly indurated, with varicolored clays. Contains arkosic conglomerates near Arbuckle Mountains and "Baum Limestone" near Mannsville anticline. Thickness, 200 to 700 feet. McALESTER TEXARKANA- "Antlers Sandstone" Sandstone and sand, white to reddish-yellow to orange-brown to gray, fine- to coarse-grained, quartzose, crossbedded, moderately to weakly indurated, interbedded with varicolored clays and conglomerates; contains fossil wood and dinosaurs; rests unconformably upon Ouachita rocks but conformably upon DeQueen Limestone; thickness, 0 to 320 feet, thickening southeastward to 900 feet in subsurface.

Lithology: sandstone; mudstone; conglomerate; limestone

Kindblade Formation (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Ordovician-Early) at surface, covers 1 % of this area

ARDMORE-SHERMAN- Limestone, gray to tan, fine-grained, gradational eastward into tan fine- to coarse-grained dolomite; some tan to gray sandstone and shale; thickness, 1,875 to 3,000 feet, decreasing eastward. (Arbuckle Group) Individual Fm description not found. Occurs in the ARBUCKLE MTNS

Lithology: limestone; dolostone (dolomite); sandstone; shale

Kiamichi Formation (Phanerozoic | Mesozoic | Cretaceous-Early ) at surface, covers 2 % of this area

ARDMORE-SHERMAN- Shale, dark-gray, plastic, with oyster-shell limestones; thickness, about 30 feet. McALESTER TEXARKANA- Shale, dark-gray to black, with some brown fossiliferous limestones, with "Texigryphaea navia;" thickness, 28 to 36 feet, and up to 80 feet in subsurface of southern McCurtain County.Ouachita Mountain uplift; S. OK folded belt province

Lithology: shale; limestone

West Spring Creek Formation (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Ordovician-Early) at surface, covers 7 % of this area

ARDMORE-SHERMAN- Limestone, gray to tan, fine-grained, gradational eastward into tan fine- to coarse-grained dolomite; some tan to gray sandstone and shale; thickness, 1,875 to 3,000 feet, decreasing eastward. (Arbuckle Group) Individual Fm description not found Occurs in the ARBUCKLE MTNS

Lithology: limestone; dolostone (dolomite); sandstone; shale

Sylvan Shale + Fernvale Limestone and Viola Limestone (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Ordovician-Middle Ordovician-Late) at surface, covers 0.5 % of this area

ARDMORE-SHERMAN- "Sylvan," shale, dark-greenish-gray; thickness, 60 to 325 feet. "Fernvale" and "Viola," limestone, gray, fine- to coarse-grained; thickness, 350 to 900 feet. Occurs in the ARBUCKLE MTNS

Lithology: limestone; shale

Atoka Formation (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Carboniferous Pennsylvanian-Middle) at surface, covers 0.9 % of this area

TULSA- IPat "Atoka Formation," shale, siltstone, sandstone, and thin limestone. FORT SMITH- IPat "Atoka Formation," shale and sandstone. ARDMORE-SHERMAN- Shale, dark-gray, and sandstone, buff to white, fine- to coarse-grained, with some chert conglomerates; thickness, 800 to 3,000 feet. McALESTER TEXARKANA- Shale, gray to tan, illitic, chloritic, with many sandstones, fine- to coarse-grained, quartzose, micaceous, well- to poorly sorted; "Fanshawe" and "Red Oak Sandstones" in middle and "Spiro Sandstone" at base; thickness, 3,000 to 10,000 feet, increasing southeastward in subsurface, south of growth faults.

Lithology: shale; sandstone; siltstone; limestone; conglomerate

West Spring Creek and Kindblade Formations (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Ordovician-Early) at surface, covers 4 % of this area

LAWTON- "West Spring Creek Formation" and "Kindblade Formation," Owk, dolomite, dolomitic sandstone, conglomerate, and limestone; thickness, approximately 2,000 feet (600 m). (Upper part of Arbuckle Group). ARDMORE-SHERMAN- Limestone, gray to tan, fine-grained, gradational eastward into tan fine- to coarse-grained dolomite; some tan to gray sandstone and shale; thickness, 1,875 to 3,000 feet, decreasing eastward. (Arbuckle Group) Individual Fm description not found. Occurs in the ARBUCKLE MTNS

Lithology: limestone; dolostone (dolomite); sandstone; conglomerate; shale

Bromide + Tulip Creek and McLish Formations (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Ordovician-Middle) at surface, covers 5 % of this area

ARDMORE-SHERMAN- Limestone, buff; shale, grayish-green; and sandstone, brown to white, fine- to medium-grained: approximate sequence of rocks in each formation, from top to bottom. Thickness, 750 to 1,400 feet, thinning eastward. (Simpson Group) Occurs in the ARBUCKLE MTNS

Lithology: limestone; shale; sandstone