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Geologic Unit: Lueders

Usage:

Lueders Limestone of Wichita Group (TX*)
Lueders Formation of Albany Group (TX)


Subunits:

(alphabetical) --all in TX: Lake Kemp Limestone [unranked], Maybelle Limestone [unranked], [†?]Paint Rock Limestone Member.


Geologic age:

early Permian (Leonardian)*


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

Named from small town on Clear Fork of Brazos River, in eastern Jones Co., central northern TX (Wrather, 1917).


AAPG geologic province:

Bend arch*
Palo Duro basin
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 ([ ]).