Hunton Megagroup

Hunton Megagroup
Stratigraphic range: Rhuddanian-Eifelian
~443 –388 Ma
Sub-units
Arkansas
Southern Illinois
Western Illinois
Lithology
Primary
Carbonate rock
Other
Location
Region
Type section
Named forHunton, Coal County, Oklahoma
Named byJoseph A. Taff, 1902[1]

The Hunton Megagroup also Hunton Super Group, Hunton Group, Hunton Formation and Hunton Limestone is predominantly composed of carbonate rock, deposited between the Silurian and early to mid Devonian periods. In many States it acts as a reservoir for both hydrocarbons and water.[2]

  1. ^ Taff, Joseph A. (1902). "Atoka Folio, Indian Territory" (PDF). U. S. Geological Survey Geologic Atlas of the United States. 79: 3. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  2. ^ "Abstract: STRATIGRAPHIC ARCHITECTURE AND RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION OF THE SILURIAN RACINE FORMATION, FORSYTH FIELD, CENTRAL ILLINOIS (GSA Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA - 2017)". gsa.confex.com. Retrieved 2024-03-07.