Dakota Group (OKKd;0)

CLINTON- Outliers of the "Kiowa Formation," Kk, dark-gray shale with some thin beds of fossiliferous tan limestone, range in thickness from a few feet to about 20 feet. Associated in some places is a 5- to 10-foot, gray to brown, coarse-grained sandstone and conglomerate assigned to the overlying "Dakota Group," Kd, (lower sandstone part).

State	Oklahoma
Name	Dakota Group
Geologic age	Phanerozoic \| Mesozoic \| Cretaceous-Early
Original map label	Kd
Primary rock type	shale
Secondary rock type	limestone
Other rock types	sandstone; conglomerate
Lithologic constituents	Major Sedimentary > Clastic > Conglomerate (Bed) Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone (Bed)
Map references	Heran, W. D., Green, G. and Stoeser, D. B., 2003, A Digital Geologic Map Database of Oklahoma: U. S. G. S. Open File Report 03-247
Unit references	Heran, W. D., Green, G. and Stoeser, D. B., 2003, A Digital Geologic Map Database of Oklahoma: U. S. G. S. Open File Report 03-247 Carr, J.E. and Bergman, D.L., 1976, Reconnaissance of the water resources of the Clinton quadrangle, west-central Oklahoma: Oklahoma Geological Survey, Hydrologic Atlas 5, scale 1:250,000, 4 sheets. (Geology on sheet 1 compiled by J.E. Carr, 1972, and R.O. Fay, 1975.) Cederstrand, J.R., 1996d, Digital geologic map of Clinton quadrangles, west-central Oklahoma: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-373, (2 diskettes), URL address is: http://ok.water.usgs.gov/gis/geology [http://ok.water.usgs.gov/gis/geology/clinton.html] [http://ok.water.usgs.gov/gis/geology]
Geographic coverage	Custer