State | Florida |
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Name | Ocala Limestone |
Geologic age | Eocene |
Lithologic constituents |
Major
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestone (Bed)The upper facies is a white, poorly to well indurated, poorly sorted, very fossiliferous limestone (grainstone, packstone and wackestone). Silicified limestone (chert) is common in the upper facies.
Minor
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Dolostone (Bed)The upper facies be partially to completely dolomitized in some regions (Miller, 1986).
Incidental
Sedimentary > Chemical > ChertSilicified limestone (chert) is common in the upper facies.
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Comments | Upper Eocene - Priabonian Stage |
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.Puri, H.S., 1953, Contribution to the study of the Miocene of the Florida panhandle: Florida Geological Survey Bulletin 36, 345 p.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.Scott, T.M., 1991, A Geological overview of Florida: in Scott, T.M., Lloyd, J.M., and Maddox, G. (eds.), Florida's Ground Water Quality Monitoring Program-Hydrogeological Framework: Florida Geological Survey Special Publication 32, p. 5-14.Dall, W.H., and Harris, G.D., 1892, Correlation papers - Neocene: United States Geological Survey Bulletin 84, 349 p.Puri, H.S., 1957, Stratigraphy and zonation of the Ocala Group: Florida Geological Survey Bulletin 38, 248 p.North American Commission on Stratigraphic Nomenclature, 1983, North American Stratigraphic Code: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 67, no. 5, p. 841-875.Scott, T.M., in preparation, Geomorphic map of Florida: Florida Geological Survey Map Series. |
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