Pg. 374-383. Rough Creek bed in Strawn division. In descending order: 25 to 40 feet of sandstone, partly massive; 50 feet of blue sandy clay; and 150 feet of sandstones, usually massive and containing considerable conglomerate, especially at top. Member of Strawn division [Strawn is 2nd from base of 5 Carboniferous divisions of Cummins, 1891]. Underlies Buffalo Creek bed and overlies Hanna Valley bed. Age is Pennsylvanian.
[Named from Rough Creek, Mills Co., Colorado River region, central TX.]
Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 1848).
Pg. 76. Rough Creek bed in Strawn series. In ascending order, 150 feet sandstone; 50 feet blue sandy clay; 25 to 40 feet sandstone, partly massive. Commonly massive and containing considerable conglomerate, especially at top. Overlies Hamm Valley beds; underlies Buffalo Creek bed. [Age is Pennsylvanian; age of Strawn not discussed.]
[Report area in Parker County, central Texas.]
Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 3345); supplemental information from GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Denver GNULEX).
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