Jackfork Sandstone
Stratigraphic range: Pennsylvanian
Quartz from the Jackfork Sandstone
TypeFormation
UnderliesJohns Valley Shale
OverliesStanley Shale
Thickness3,500 to 6,000 feet
Lithology
PrimarySandstone
OtherShale, conglomerate
Location
RegionOuachita Mountains
CountryUnited States
Type section
Named forJackfork Mountain, Pittsburg and Pushmataha Counties, Oklahoma[1]
Named byJ. A. Taff, 1902

The Jackfork Sandstone, also referred to as the Jackfork Group, is a geologic formation associated with the Ouachita Fold and Thrust Belt exposed in western Arkansas and southeastern Oklahoma.[2] It is named for Jackfork Mountain in Pittsburg and Pushmataha counties, Oklahoma.[2][3]

The Jackfork Sandstone is a thin- to massive-bedded, fine- to coarse-grained, brown, tan, or gray quartzitic sandstone with subordinate brown, silty sandstone and dark gray shale.[2] It outcrops from Pulaski County, Arkansas in the east to Atoka County, Oklahoma in the west, a distance of over 200 miles. It is highly weather-resistant, resulting in a continuous chain of prominent ridges, including Rich Mountain, the second highest natural point in the Ouachita Mountains.

Paleoflora

A. parksii[4]
  • Archaeocalamites
A. stanleyensis[4]
C. inopinatus[4]
C. menae[4]
C. miseri[4]
L. subclypeatum[4]
L. peniculus[4]
N. antecedens[4]
  • Rhabdocarpos
R. costatulus[4]
  • Rhynchogonium
R. choctavense[4]
T. gillhami[4]
T. vallisjohanni[4]

References

  1. ↑ Taff, J.A. (1902). "Description of the Atoka quadrangle". U.S. Geological Survey Geological Atlas of the United States. 79: 4.
  2. 1 2 3 "Stratigraphic Summary of the Arkansas River Valley and Ouachita Mountains". Arkansas Geological Survey. Archived from the original on 2018-05-29. Retrieved 2017-12-15.
  3. ↑ Joseph A. Taff (1902). "Description of the Atoka Quadrangle" (PDF). Folios of the Geologic Atlas. 79: 4. doi:10.3133/GF79. Wikidata Q63225784.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 White, David (1937). "Fossil plants from the Stanley Shale and Jackfork Sandstone in southeastern Oklahoma and western Arkansas" (PDF). U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper. 186-C: 43–66.


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