State | Florida |
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Name | Avon Park Formation |
Geologic age | Eocene |
Lithologic constituents |
Major
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestone (Bed)Cream to light-brown or tan, poorly indurated to well indurated, variably fossiliferous, limestone (grainstone, packstone and wackestone, with rare mudstone).
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Dolostone (Bed)Tan to brown, very poorly indurated to well indurated, very fine to medium crystalline, fossiliferous (molds and casts), vuggy dolostones.
Incidental
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone (Bed)Rare mudstone.
Sedimentary > Chemical > Evaporite > Gypsum (Bed)Molds and casts of gypsum crystals occur locally.
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References | Scott, T.M., Campbell, K.M., Rupert, F.R., Arthur, J.D., Missimer, T.M., Lloyd, J.M., Yon, J.W., and Duncan, J.G., 2001, Geologic Map of the State of Florida, Florida Geological Survey & Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Map Series 146, scale 1:750,000.Scott, Thomas M.P.G. #99, Text to Accompany the Geologic Map of Florida, Open-file Report 80, Florida Geological Survey, 2001.Applin, P.L., and Applin, E.R., 1944, Regional subsurface stratigraphy and structure of Florida and southern Georgia: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 28, p. 1673-1753.Miller, J.A., 1986, Hydrogeologic framework of the Floridan aquifer system in Florida and parts of Georgia, Alabama and South Carolina: United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1403-B, 91 p. plus maps. |
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Counties | Citrus - Levy |