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  • Usage in publication:
    • McCaulley dolomite
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Dolomite
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Permian basin
    • Palo Duro basin
Publication:

Cheney, M.G., 1929, Stratigraphic and structural studies in north-central Texas: University of Texas Bulletin, no. 2913, 29 p.


Summary:

Pg. 26, pl. 1. McCaulley dolomite. A series of white, chalky dolomites comprising a thickness of [3?] to 20 feet, consisting of 1-inch to 1-foot dolomites separated by 6-inch to 1-foot partings of red and blue shales. Is older than Aspermont dolomite and younger than Guthrie dolomite. Included in Double Mountain group.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 1247).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • McCaulley beds
  • Modifications:
    • Areal extent
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Permian basin
    • Palo Duro basin
Publication:

Lloyd, A.M., and Thompson, W.C., 1929, Correlation of Permian outcrops on eastern side of the West Texas Permian basin: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 13, no. 8, p. 945-956. [Available online, with subscription, from AAPG archives: http://www.aapg.org/datasystems or http://search.datapages.com]


Summary:

Pg. 951, pl. 9. Acme dolomite, which lies 64 feet above Mangum dolomite and 90 feet below Guthrie dolomite, can be correlated with reasonable certainty with McCaulley beds of Fisher County, [Texas].

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 1247).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • McCaulley dolomite†
  • Modifications:
    • Abandoned
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Permian basin
    • Palo Duro basin
Publication:

Sellards, E.H., 1933, The pre-Paleozoic and Paleozoic systems in Texas, Part 1, IN Sellards, E.H., Adkins, W.S., and Plummer, F.B, The geology of Texas; Volume 1, Stratigraphy: University of Texas Bulletin, no. 3232, p. 15-238., Published July, 1933


Summary:

Pg. 168. Acme dolomite is probably same as McCaulley dolomite, and McCaulley dolomite is discarded, as Acme is in more general use.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 1247).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • McCaulley dolomite
  • Modifications:
    • Revised
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Permian basin
Publication:

Scott, Gayle, and Roberts, R.J., 1941, Spring field trip, Fort Worth to Midland, Texas; on Highway 80, along the T&P: West Texas Geological Society Field Trip Guidebook, May 10-11, 1941, 69 p., (incl. geologic map)


Summary:

Pg. 44-45. McCaulley dolomite reallocated to Blaine formation. [Considered unranked.]

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 2290).


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