- Usage in publication:
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- Hill Creek member
- Modifications:
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- Principal reference
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Fort Worth syncline
Summary:
Pg. 13-16, pl. 1. Hill Creek member of Lazy Bend formation. Consists of 277 feet of beds between base of Dennis Bridge limestone bed and top of Meek Bend limestone bed. Underlies Steussy shale member; overlies undifferentiated Pennsylvanian beds. Age is Pennsylvanian. Type section designated; derivation of name given.
Type section: measured across the strike south of Brazos River, Parker Co., north-central TX. Outcrop of beds extends to Cretaceous on either side of Hill Creek. Name derived from Hill Creek, a small tributary flowing from southwest into Brazos River at point about midway of outer curve of Lazy Bend of river.
Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 1762-1763).
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