- Usage in publication:
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- Deer Mountain red beds*
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- Original reference
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Permian basin
Summary:
Pg. 925. [Deer Mountain red beds, shown in section of Hueco Mountains, western Texas, as resting on Gym limestone and as = upper part of Hess formation of Sierra Diablo.]
Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 588).
- Usage in publication:
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- Deer Mountain red shale member*
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- Revised
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Permian basin
Summary:
Pg. 697-798. Called these beds Deer Mountain red shale member of Hueco limestone and assigned them to Permian(?). Present in Hueco Mountains, western Texas.
Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 588).
- Usage in publication:
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- Deer Mountain red shale member*
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- Areal extent
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Orogrande basin
Summary:
Pg. 695, 697. Deer Mountain red shale member of Hueco limestone. Lee Ranch tongue (new) of Abo sandstone is believed to be stratigraphically lower than Deer Mountain red shale member of type Hueco. The herein named Otero Mesa member of Yeso formation is believed to occupy an intermediate stratigraphic position between Lee Ranch tongue and Deer Mountain red shale. Age is Permian (Wolfcamp).
Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 1071).
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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