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Fairmont Shale

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WOODWARD- Red-brown blocky shale with some greenish-gray calcitic siltstones. Thickness ranges up to 160 feet. ENID- Mainly red-brown shale with many thin layers of calcitic siltstone in upper 60 feet (18 m). Thickness, about 150 feet (45 m). (Hennessey Group) OKLAHOMA CITY- Red-brown blocky shale; grades into "Garber Sandstone" at base. Thickness, 30 feet at Oklahoma City, 110 feet near Purcell, and 120 feet near Kingfisher. (Hennessey Group) ARDMORE-SHERMAN- Shale, red-brown, blocky; thickness, 40 to 80 feet, decreasing southward. (Hennessey Group).
State Oklahoma
Name Fairmont Shale
Geologic age Early Permian
Lithologic constituents
Major
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale (Bed)
Minor
Sedimentary > Clastic > Siltstone (Bed)
References

Heran, W.D., Green, G. and Stoeser, D.B., 2003, A Digital Geologic Map Database of Oklahoma: USGS Open File Report 03-247, scale 1:250,000.

https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr03247

Morton, R.B., 1980, Reconnaissance of the water resources of the Woodward quadrangle, northwestern Oklahoma: Oklahoma Geological Survey, Hydrologic Atlas 8, scale 1:250,000, 4 sheets. (Geology on sheet 1 compiled by R.B. Morton, 1973, and R.O. Fay, 1977.)

Cederstrand, J.R., 1996l, Digital geologic map of Woodward quadrangles, northwestern Oklahoma: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-381,(2 diskettes), URL address is: http://ok.water.usgs.gov/gis/geology

https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr96381

Bingham, R.H. and Bergman, D.L., 1980, Reconnaissance of the water resources of the Enid quadrangle, north-central Oklahoma: Oklahoma Geological Survey, Hydrologic Atlas 7, sale 1:250,000, 4 sheets. (Geology on sheet 1 compiled by R.H. Bingham, and R.O. Fay, 1973.)

Cederstrand, J.R., 1996e, Digital geologic map of Enid quadrangles, north-central Oklahoma: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-374, (4 diskettes), URL address is: http://ok.water.usgs.gov/gis/geology

https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr96374

Bingham, R.H. and Moore, R.L., 1975, Reconnaissance of the Water Resources of the Oklahoma City quadrangle, central Oklahoma: Oklahoma Geological Survey, Hydrologic Atlas 4, Scale 1:250,000, 4 sheets. (Geology on sheet 1 compiled by R.H. Bingham and R.O. Fay, 1973.)

Cederstrand, J.R., 1996i, Digital geologic map of Oklahoma City quadrangles, central Oklahoma: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-378, (2 diskettes), URL address is: http://ok.water.usgs.gov/gis/geology

https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr96378

Hart, D.L., 1974, Reconnaissance of the water resources of the Ardmore and Sherman quadrangles, southern Oklahoma: Oklahoma Geological Survey, Hydrologic Atlas 3, scale 1:250,000, 4 sheets. (Geology on sheet 1 compiled by D.L. Hart, and R.O. Fay, in 1970.)

Cederstrand, J.R., 1996a, Digital geologic map of Ardmore-Sherman quadrangles, south-central Oklahoma: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-370, (3 diskettes), URL address is: http://ok.water.usgs.gov/gis/geology

https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr96370
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Counties Cleveland - Garfield - Garvin - Grant - Kingfisher - Logan - McClain - Oklahoma