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Diorite Sill

McALESTER TEXARKANA- Diorite, light-greenish-gray, medium- to fine-grained, quartz-free, with much andesine plagioclase and ferromagnesian minerals altered to chlorite and limonite; occurs in sections 10 and 15, Township 5 South, Range 23 East, in Womble Formation, striking North, 45 degrees East and dipping 10 degrees to 20 degrees Northwest; thickness, 2 to 10 feet. Occurs in POTATO HILLS, BROKEN BOW UPLIFT or ADJACENT SMALLER UPLIFTS IN SOUTHEASTERN PART OF OUACHITA MOUNTAINS
StateOklahoma
NameDiorite Sill
Geologic agePhanerozoic | Paleozoic | Ordovician-Late(?)
Original map labeld
Primary rock typediorite
Secondary rock type
Other rock types
Lithologic constituents
Major
Igneous > Plutonic > Dioritic > Diorite (Dike or sill)
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
Marcher, M.V. and Bergman, D.L., 1983, Reconnaissance of the water resources of the McAlester and Texarkana quadrangles, southeastern Oklahoma: Oklahoma Geological Survey, Hydrologic Atlas 9, scale 1:250,000, 4 sheets. (Geology on sheet 1 compiled by M.V. Marcher and D.L. Bergman, in 1971 and revised by R.O. Fay, in 1978.)
Cederstrand, J.R., 1996h, Digital geologic map of McAlester-Texarkana quadrangles, southeastern Oklahoma: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-377, (3 diskettes), URL address is: http://ok.water.usgs.gov/gis/geology
Geographic coverageMcCurtain

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