| State | Oklahoma |
|---|---|
| Name | Wellington Formation |
| Geologic age | Early Permian |
| Lithologic constituents |
Major
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale (Bed)
Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone (Bed)
Sedimentary > Clastic > Conglomerate (Bed)
Minor
Sedimentary > Chemical > Chert (Bed)
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| Comments | Occurs in north-central OK on the Chautauqua platform and in the Anadarko basin, and in adjoining KS. Consists of gray to bluish and drab shales with numerous thin beds of gray "mud-stone." Beds of red sandstone present at the "color-change line" changing the color of the shales from gray and drab to red. In KS lies on Pearl shale member of the Marion formation, but in OK the Pearl shale member cannot be readily differentiated from the Wellington and thus is mapped with the Wellington. In northern OK, thickness of the Wellington is approximately 600 ft and thickness of the Pearl is 70 ft. (Aurin, and others 1926). |
| 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 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/geologyhttps://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/geologyhttps://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr96378 Havens, J.S., 1977, Reconnaissance of the water resources of the Lawton quadrangle, southwestern Oklahoma: Oklahoma Geological Survey, Hydrologic Atlas 6, scale 1:250,000, 4 sheets. (Geology on sheet 1 compiled by R.O. Fay, 1967-68 and J.S. Havens, 1973.)Cederstrand, J.R., 1996g, Digital geologic map of Lawton quadrangles, southwestern Oklahoma: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-376, (3 diskettes), URL address is: http://ok.water.usgs.gov/gis/geologyhttps://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr96376 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/geologyhttps://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr96370 Aurin, F.L., Officer, H.G. and Gould, C.N., 1926, The subdivision of the Enid Formation: Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, vol.10, no.8, pp.786-799. |
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| Counties | Carter - Cleveland - Cotton - Garfield - Garvin - Grant - Jefferson - Kay - Lincoln - Logan - Love - McClain - Murray - Noble - Oklahoma - Osage - Payne - Pottawatomie - Stephens - Tillman |