Usage:
Taylor Ranch Member of Hess Limestone (TX*)
Geologic age:
Permian, Early*
Wolfcampian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: On southwest slope of hill capped by 5750 contour, lying between and slightly south of hills 5767 and 5821, northwest of Wolf Camp Hills, Hess Mountain quadrangle, Glass Mountains, Brewster Co., TX (Cooper, Grant, 1966).
AAPG geologic province:
Permian basin*
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