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- Usage in publication:
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- Cerro Alto Limestone
- Modifications:
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- Named
- Dominant lithology:
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- Limestone
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Permian basin
Summary:
Pg. 13 (fig. 6), 20-24, fig. 1 (geol. Map), fig. 7. Cerro Alto Limestone of Hueco Group. At type locality consists of a little more than 460 feet of medium-light-gray and medium-gray medium- and thin-bedded limestone, typically possessing undulatory bedding. Underlain and overlain conformably by Hueco Canyon Formation and Alacran Mountain Formation respectively (both new). Fauna listed. Recognized in western Texas and eastern New Mexico. Age is Early Permian.
Type section: exposure in south walls of Hueco Canyon, in central part of Hueco Mountains, Hudspeth Co., TX. Named for exposures south-southwest of Cerro Alto in Hueco Mountains.
Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1350, p. 138).
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