Usage:
Aquilla Creek Formation (TX-local)
Recognized locally in Davis Mountains area, Trans-Pecos area.
Geologic age:
early Tertiary (Eocene)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Unknown. Name applied by J.E. Anderson (Univ. Texas-Austin Bur. Econ. Geol., Geol. Quad. Map, no. 36, 1968).
AAPG geologic province:
Permian basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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