Bee Mountain Basalt of Chisos Group (TX-local)
Recognized in southwestern TX, notably Trans-Pecos area, Big Bend National Park, and Big Bend Ranch State Park.
early Tertiary (Oligocene)
Type locality: Bee Mountain, in southwestern part of Big Bend National Park, Brewster Co., southwestern TX (Maxwell and Hazzard, 1967).
Permian basin
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