- Usage in publication:
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- Spring Creek bed
- Modifications:
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- Original reference
- Dominant lithology:
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- Clay
- Sandstone
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Bend arch
- Llano uplift
Summary:
Pg. 374, 381. Spring Creek bed in Strawn division. Bluish sandy clay, 300 feet thick, with 50 feet of sandstone near middle. Member of Strawn division [Strawn is 2nd from base of 5 Carboniferous divisions of Cummins, 1891]. Underlies Cottonwood Creek bed and overlies Brown Creek bed. Age is Pennsylvanian.
[Named from Spring Creek, San Saba Co., Colorado River region, central TX.]
Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 2043).
- Usage in publication:
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- Spring Creek bed
- Modifications:
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- Areal extent
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Fort Worth syncline
Summary:
Pg. 77. Spring Creek bed in Strawn series. Bluish sandy clay, 300 feet thick, with 50 feet of sandstone near middle. Overlies Brown Creek bed; underlies Cottonwood 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. 3691); supplemental information from GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Denver GNULEX).
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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