- Usage in publication:
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- Hegler limestone member*
- Modifications:
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- Original reference
- Dominant lithology:
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- Limestone
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Permian basin
Summary:
Pg. 582, 585 (fig. 7), pl. 2. Hegler limestone member of Bell Canyon Formation of Delaware Mountain Group. Along foot of reef escarpment is a dark-gray lumpy, slabby limestone about 15 feet thick. In Delaware Mountains, straight-bedded, platy limestones occupy same position. Lies below Pinery limestone member; base of the Hegler marks lower boundary of formation; it is oldest bed to grade northwestward into the Capitan limestone. Overlies Manzanita limestone member of Cherry Canyon formation. Age is Late Permian (Guadalupe).
Named from Hegler Ranch, 6 mi east-northeast of Guadalupe Peak, near foot of Reef escarpment, Culberson Co., western TX.
Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 1720).
- Usage in publication:
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- Hegler limestone member*
- Modifications:
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- Mapped 1:48k
- Dominant lithology:
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- Limestone
- Sandstone
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Permian basin
Summary:
Pg. 54-55, pl. 3. Hegler limestone member of Bell Canyon formation. In southeast part of southern Guadalupe Mountains, consists of 30 to 40 feet of dark-gray, fine-grained limestone in beds a few inches thick, interbedded with platy sandstone. Mapped in New Mexico. Age is Late Permian (Guadalupe).
Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 1720).
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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