Usage:
Albany Group (TX-local)
Also called /Wichita-Albany Group (TX) in some reports.
[The use of a hyphen between undifferentiated [groups] is not considered proper notation (CSN, 1933).]
Subunits:
GROUP STATUS (alphabetical) --all in TX: Admiral Formation, Bead Mountain Formation, Coleman Junction Formation, Elm Creek Formation, Grape Creek Formation, Jagger Bend Formation, Lueders Formation, Talpa Formation, Valera Formation.
Geologic age:
early Permian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Notable exposures in vicinity of Albany, Shackelford Co., north-central TX. Several sections measured, beginning near western line of Callahan Co. and running southeasterly to town of San Saba, San Saba Co., TX. Absent north of Brazos River (Cummins, 1891).
AAPG geologic province:
Bend arch
Palo Duro basin
Permian basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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