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Jackfork Sandstone

Jackfork Sandstone
StateArkansas
NameJackfork Sandstone
Geologic agePhanerozoic | Paleozoic | Carboniferous Pennsylvanian-Early [Morrowan]
Original map label&j
CommentsSandstone with interbedded shale, some as olistolithic intervals. Approximately 6000 ft. maximum thickness.
Primary rock typesandstone
Secondary rock typeshale
Other rock types
Lithologic constituents
Major
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale (Bed)
Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone (Bed)
Map references
Haley, B. R., Glick, E. E., Bush, W. V.; Clardy, B. F.; Stone, C. G.; Woodward, M. B., Zachry, D.L., 1993, Geologic Map of Arkansas: U.S.Geological Survey Special Geologic Map. Scale 1:500K
Unit references
Moore, R. C., 1934, The origin and age of the boulder-bearing Johns Valley shale in the Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas and Oklahoma: American Journal of Science, vol.27, no.162, pp.432-453
Stone, C. G. and Bush, W. V. 1982, Summary of the geology of the eastern Ouachita Mountains, Arkansas: Guidebook - Arkansas Geological Commission, vol.82-2, 24 pp.
Geographic coverageClark - Faulkner - Garland - Hot Spring - Howard - Montgomery - Perry - Pike - Polk - Pulaski - Saline - Scott - Sevier - Yell

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