page_title: Smackover Formation
section_title: Mineral resources
hierarchical_section_title: Smackover Formation / Mineral resources
caption_attribution_description: English: Louann Salt stratigraphic column for Texas
context_page_description: The Smackover Formation is a geologic formation in Arkansas. It preserves fossils dating back to the Jurassic period.
  The Smackover Formation consists of oolitic limestones and silty limestones.
context_section_description: The Smackover Formation has been a prolific source of petroleum. The 1922 discovery of the Smackover oil field, after which the Smackover Formation is named, resulted in a sizeable oil boom in southern Arkansas.
  In addition to being a petroleum reservoir, as of 2015, the brine from the Smackover Formation is the only source of commercial bromine in the United States.
caption: Smackover Formation stratigraphic column for Texas
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