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  • Usage in publication:
    • Balluco Gravel*
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Gravel
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Permian basin
Publication:

Albritton, C.C., Jr., and Smith, J.F., Jr., 1965, Geology of the Sierra Blanca area, Hudspeth County, Texas: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper, 479, 131 p.


Summary:

Pg. 99-100, pl. 1. Balluco Gravel. Gravels on surfaces of erosion in Sierra Blanca area are named (ascending): Miser, Madden, Gills, Ramey, Balluco. The Balluco consists of limestone, sandstone, quartzite, conglomerate, and extrusive and intrusive igneous rocks. Thickness 6 inches to 20 feet. Age is Quaternary.
Type locality: along Arroyo Balluco south of U.S. Highway 80, Hudspeth Co., southwestern TX.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1350, p. 44).


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