Usage:
Bandera Mesa Member of Devil's Graveyard Formation (TX-local)
Bandera Mesa Member of Devil's Graveyard Formation of Buck Hill Group (TX-local)
Recognized in Trans-Pecos area, southwestern TX.
Geologic age:
early Tertiary (Oligocene)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type area: along front of Bandera Mesa from Puerto Potrillo to Red Hill, and east across Green Valley to McKinney Mountain, Jordan Gap quadrangle, Presidio Co., TX. Boundary stratotypes also designated. (Stevens and others, 1984).
AAPG geologic province:
Permian basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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