Geologic units in Coal county, Oklahoma

Boggy Formation (Middle Pennsylvanian) at surface, covers 33 % of this area

TULSA- Shale, sandstone, and coal. FORT SMITH- Shale, sandstone, and coal; includes Bluejacket Sandstone Member at base. ARDMORE-SHERMAN- Shale and sandstone, blue-gray to brown, fine- to coarse- grained, with some thin limestone lenses and a coal bed 2.5 feet thick about 400 feet above base. Thickness, 1,250 to 2,800 feet. "Bluejacket Sandstone," IPbj, at base, 8 to 12 feet thick, with 2-foot "Secor coal" 50 feet above top of Bluejacket. (Lower Franks Conglomerate) McALESTER TEXARKANA- Shale, brown, to blue-gray, illitic, chloritic, with many sandstones, fine- to coarse-grained, micaceous, quartzose, moderately to well-indurated, with "Secor coal" about 50 feet above base; thickness, 2,140 to 4,000 feet, increasing eastward.

Alluvium (Holocene) at surface, covers 18 % 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.

Savanna Formation (Middle Pennsylvanian) at surface, covers 15 % of this area

TULSA- "Savanna Formation," shale and thin sandstone, limestone, and coal. FORT SMITH- IPsa "Savanna Formation," shale, sandstone, and coal ARDMORE-SHERMAN- Sandstone and shale, gray to brown, fine- to coarse-grained, cherty, with several thin coal seams near middle; thickness, 1,120 to 1,600 feet (Lower Franks Conglomerate) McALESTER TEXARKANA- Shale, tan to brown, illitic, chloritic, and sandstone, fine-to coarse-grained, micaceous, quartzose, with several thin coal seams in middle, one of which is "Cavanal coal;" thickness, 1,470 to 2,000 feet, increasing eastward.

McAlester Formation (Middle Pennsylvanian) at surface, covers 11 % of this area

ARDMORE-SHERMAN- Shale, gray, with "Upper Hartshorne coal" 1 to 50 feet above base, 500 to 600 feet thick; overlain by dark-gray shale with many buff fine-grained sandstones, 595 to 1,030 feet thick; overlain by dark-gray shale, 300 to 925 feet thick, with "McAlester coal," 1 to 3 feet thick, a few feet above base. Total thickness ranges from 1,150 to 2,420 feet. (Lower Franks Conglomerate). McALESTER TEXARKANA- Shale, gray, illitic, chloritic, with many tan to gray sandstones, fine- to coarse-grained, micaceous, quartzose; "McAlester and Stigler coals" 600 to 800 feet or more below top; thickness, 2,000 to 2,830 feet, increasing eastward.

Atoka Formation (Middle Pennsylvanian) at surface, covers 8 % 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.

Thurman Sandstone (Middle Pennsylvanian) at surface, covers 5 % of this area

OKLAHOMA CITY- Mainly medium-grained, silty sandstone with cherty conglomerate at base. Only a few feet exposed in quadrangle. FORT SMITH- Sandstone and shale. ARDMORE-SHERMAN- Sandstone, brown, fine- to coarse-grained, with some gray shale and basal 50-foot chert conglomerate; thickness, 80 to 250 feet, decreasing southwestward. McALESTER TEXARKANA- Sandstone, brown, fine- to coarse-grained, with some gray shale and a basal 50-foot chert conglomerate; grades northward into Boggy Formation; top eroded at many places; thickness, 200 feet.

Terrace Deposits (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.

Goddard Shale (Late Mississippian) 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.

Hartshorne Sandstone (Middle Pennsylvanian) at surface, covers 1 % of this area

ARDMORE-SHERMAN- Sandstone, gray to white, medium- to coarse-grained with interbedded middle gray shale and "Lower Hartshorne coal;" thickness, 10 to 300 feet. McALESTER TEXARKANA- Sandstone, tan to gray to white, fine- to coarse-grained, micaceous, quartzose, moderately to well-indurated, with some interbedded gray shale; "Lower Hartshorne coal" in middle and "Upper Hartshorne coal" at top; thickness, 100 to 350 feet, increasing eastward.

Sylvan Shale + Fernvale Limestone and Viola Limestone (Late Ordovician to Middle Ordovician) at surface, covers 1 % 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.

Hunton Group (Early Devonian to Early Silurian) at surface, covers 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.

Stuart Shale (Middle Pennsylvanian) at surface, covers 1.0 % of this area

OKLAHOMA CITY- Mostly laminated clay shale and minor amounts of silty sandstone. Thickness ranges from 80 to 180 feet. FORT SMITH- Shale and minor sandstone. ARDMORE-SHERMAN- Shale, blue to dark-gray, with some fine- to medium-grained brown sandstones; thickness, 80 to 300 feet, decreasing southwestward. McALESTER TEXARKANA- Shale, blue to dark-gray, with some fine- to medium-grained sandstones; top eroded; lower 20 feet exposed.

Wapanucka Formation (Early Pennsylvanian) at surface, covers 0.6 % 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.

Woodford Shale (Late Devonian) at surface, covers 0.5 % of this area

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

Bromide + Tulip Creek and McLish Formations (Middle Ordovician) at surface, covers 0.4 % 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.

Delaware Creek Shale (Mississippian) at surface, covers 0.2 % 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.

Sycamore and Welden Limestones (Mississippian) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

ARDMORE-SHERMAN- Limestone, blue-gray to tan, silty, fine-grained; thickness, 2 to 370 feet, decreasing northeastward. Mapped separately in northeastern Arbuckle Mountains and Mannsville anticline; mapped elsewhere with underlying Woodford Shale. Occurs in the ARBUCKLE MTNS.

Senora Formation (Middle Pennsylvanian) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

TULSA- Shale with thin and lenticular sandstone, minor limestone, and coal. OKLAHOMA CITY- Mainly fine-grained micaceous sandstone and shale locally containing coal beds. Thickness ranges from about 500 to 950 feet. FORT SMITH- Shale, sandstone, and thin coal seams. ARDMORE-SHERMAN- Shale, gray, and light-brown medium-grained sandstone; thickness, 150 to 500 feet, decreasing southwestward. Subdivided into lower sandstone, 350 feet thick, and upper shale, 150 feet thick.

Oil Creek and Joins Formation (Middle Ordovician) at surface, covers < 0.1 % 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.