| Jackfork Sandstone | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Pennsylvanian | |
 Quartz from the Jackfork Sandstone | |
| Type | Formation |
| Underlies | Johns Valley Shale |
| Overlies | Stanley Shale |
| Thickness | 3,500 to 6,000 feet |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone |
| Other | Shale, conglomerate |
| Location | |
| Region | Ouachita Mountains |
| Country | United States |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Jackfork Mountain, Pittsburg and Pushmataha Counties, Oklahoma [1] |
| Named by | J. 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.
