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Geologic Unit: Fusselman

Usage:

Fusselman Dolostone (NM*,TX*)
Fusselman Formation (TX)


Subunits:

(alphabetical) --all in NM,TX: Chamberino Member, Crazycat Member, Flag Hill Member.


Geologic age:

early Silurian*


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Not designated (Richardson, 1908).
Named from Fusselman Canyon in the Franklin Mountains, El Paso Co., TX (Kelley and Silver, 1952).


AAPG geologic province:

Orogrande basin*
Basin-and-Range province*
Permian basin


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.

"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).

Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).