Geologic Unit: Hueco

Usage:

Hueco Group (NM,TX)
Hueco Limestone (NM*,TX*)
Hueco Formation (NM*,TX)

Subunits:

GROUP STATUS (alphabetical): Alacran Mountain Formation (NM,TX), Cerro Alto Formation (TX) or Cerro Alto Limestone (NM,TX), Hueco Canyon Formation (NM,TX), Powwow Conglomerate (TX).
FORMATION STATUS (alphabetical): Deer Mountain Shale Member (TX*), Kriz Limestone Lens (TX), Pendejo Tongue (NM), Powwow Conglomerate Member (NM,TX*) or Powwow Member (TX*).

Geologic age:

early Permian (Wolfcampian and Leonardian)*

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

Named from exposures in Hueco Mountains, El Paso Co. [now in Hudspeth Co.], TX (Richardson, 1904).

AAPG geologic province:

Orogrande basin*
Permian basin*