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  • Usage in publication:
    • Bunger formation
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Sandstone
    • Shale
    • Limestone
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Bend arch
Publication:

Plummer, F.B., 1919, Preliminary paper on the stratigraphy of the Pennsylvanian formations of north-central Texas, with discussion: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 3, no. 1, p. 132-150. [Available online, with subscription, from AAPG archives: http://www.aapg.org/datasystems or http://search.datapages.com]


Summary:

Pg. 133-145. Bunger formation in Cisco [group]. Poorly bedded, lenticular, dark-brown sandstones and sandy shales with a few thin limestones. Locally, in section west of Finis, a dark carbonaceous shale occurs near bottom of formation. Thickness 230+/- feet. Top member is named Bunger limestone. Underlies Gunsight formation and overlies Jacksboro formation. [Age is Pennsylvanian.]
[Named from Bunger, Young Co., Brazos River region, central northern TX.]

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 294).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Bunger formation†
  • Modifications:
    • Abandoned
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Bend arch
Publication:

Wilmarth, M.G., 1936, [Selected Geologic Names Committee remarks (ca. 1935-1938) on Carboniferous and Permian rocks of Texas], IN Wilmarth, M.G., 1938, Lexicon of geologic names of the United States (including Alaska): U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 896, pts. 1-2, 2396 p.


Summary:

†Bunger formation [of Plummer, 1919] is part of Graham formation, adopted name.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 294).


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

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