Named for small town of Salesville, north of Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto Co, TX on Bend arch. Is well exposed in a number of the smaller streams north and west of Mineral Wells. No type locality designated. Is a [member] of newly named Mineral Wells formation, uppermost formation of Strawn group (revised) in Brazos River Valley area, north-central TX on Bend arch. [Not recognized in Colorado River Valley, where Strawn is undifferentiated--beds of Drake (1893) are used there.] Overlies Lake Pinto sandstone [member] and underlies Turkey Creek sandstone [member], both new, of Mineral Wells formation. It is about 150 ft thick and consists of sandy clays with a few lentils of sandstone and near base a thin layer of limestone. Measured sections. Correlation chart. Pennsylvanian age.

Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Denver GNULEX).

Pg. 23-24, fig. 3, pl. 1. Salesville formation. In this report [Parker County, north-central Texas] Salesville is considered a formation although author does not wholly agree with Cheney's redefinition and believes it confusing to expand meaning of a rock's name vertically to include a previously named rock body. As defined here, formation includes Lake Pinto sandstone at base and an unnamed shale member above which includes Dog Bend limestone bed in lower parts. Age is Pennsylvanian. Whitt group not used in this report.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 3407-3408).