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  • Usage in publication:
    • Buffalo Hill sandstones
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Sandstone
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Permian basin
Publication:

Wrather, W.E., 1917, Notes on the Texas Permian: Southwestern Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin [now American Association of Petroleum Geologists], v. 1, p. 93-106.


Summary:

Sec. opp. p. 96 (pl.). Buffalo Hill sandstones of Clear Fork group. Consist of two thick sandstones separated by shale, and lie 80+/- feet above base of Tye formation (basal member of Clear Fork beds in Taylor and Runnels Counties, Texas). [Age is Permian.]
[Origin of name not stated. Present in section measured along Texas and Pacific RR from Abilene, Taylor Co., to Sweetwater, Nolan Co., central northern TX.]

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 288).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Buffalo Hill sandstone
  • Modifications:
    • Revised
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Bend arch
    • Permian basin
Publication:

Sellards, E.H., 1933, The pre-Paleozoic and Paleozoic systems in Texas, Part 1, IN Sellards, E.H., Adkins, W.S., and Plummer, F.B, The geology of Texas; Volume 1, Stratigraphy: University of Texas Bulletin, no. 3232, p. 15-238., Published July, 1933


Summary:

Pg. 169. Buffalo Hill sandstone is here included in Vale formation. It lies near base of Clear Fork group. Age is Permian.
Named from Buffalo Hills, Taylor Co., central TX.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 288).


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

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