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  • Usage in publication:
    • Buck Hill Group
  • Modifications:
    • Areal extent
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Permian basin
Publication:

Barnes, V.E. (project director), 1979, Geologic atlas of Texas, Marfa sheet: University of Texas-Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology Geologic Atlas of Texas, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000, W.H. Von Streeruwitz memorial edition


Summary:

Buck Hill Group mapped in southeastern part of the Marfa sheet, Presidio Co, west TX, in Permian basin. Shown on Correlation of Map Units as consisting of (ascending): Duff and Pruett Formations (undivided) and Duff Formation, Mitchell Mesa Welded Tuff [mapped as a unit of Vieja Group in the Sierra Vieja area], and Tascotal Formation. [Author states that correlation of volcanic rocks from area to area on Marfa sheet is uncertain--little attempt is made to correlate between areas. The rocks are described by area.] Age of group ranges from Eocene to Oligocene. Geologic map.

Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Denver GNULEX).


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