- Usage in publication:
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- Wiles Limestone
- Modifications:
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- Areal extent
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Fort Worth syncline
Summary:
Mapped as a single line [as an unranked unit] at top of Palo Pinto Formation of Canyon Group. Palo Pinto is mapped as the basal formation of Canyon Group in the southeastern part of the mapped area, north-central TX (ascending): Palo Pinto Formation, Wolf Mountain Shale, Winchell Limestone, Placid Shale, Ranger Limestone, Colony Creek Shale, and Home Creek Limestone. Farther east, Canyon is divided into (ascending): Willow Point Formation, Jasper Creek Formation and its Chico Ridge Limestone [unranked], Ventioner Formation, Ranger Limestone, and Colony Creek Shale. Only upper part of Palo Pinto crops out in map area. Wiles consists of limestone, gray, coarse grained, irregularly bedded, thin to medium bedded, bioclastic, with algae common. Thickness is 1-4 ft. Age is Missouri (Late Pennsylvanian). Geologic map.
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Denver GNULEX).
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