Usage:
Barrel Springs Formation (TX-local)
Barrel Springs Tuff (TX-local)
Recognized in Trans-Pecos area, southwestern TX.
Geologic age:
early Tertiary (Eocene to Oligocene)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: measured upward from top of Merrill Formation on lower slopes of the northwest side of High Peak [High Point], 2 mi northeast of intersection of Merrill Canyon with State Highway 166, [approx. Lat. 30 deg. 33 min. 50 sec. N., Long. 104 deg. 14 min. 30 sec. W., Paradise Mountain 7.5-min quadrangle], Jeff Davis Co., southwestern TX (Anderson, 1968).
Named from the old Barrel Springs stagecoach stop, now on State Highway 166, approx. Lat. 30 deg. 32 min. N., Long. 104 deg. 13.9 min. W., [Paradise Mountain 7.5-min quadrangle], Jeff Davis Co., southwestern TX (Anderson, 1968).
AAPG geologic province:
Permian basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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