Usage:
Bliss Sandstone (AZ*,NM*,TX*)
Bliss Formation (NM*)
Geologic age:
Late Cambrian to Early Ordovician (Sunwaptan to Skullrockian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from Fort Bliss, located on mesa immediately east of outcrop, in southern Franklin Mountains, El Paso Co., western TX (US geologic names lexicons, USGS Bull. 896, 1200).
Type locality [area] stated to be in Franklin Mountains, between Hitt Canyon and Scenic Drive, [btw. Lat. 31 deg. 47 min. N., Long. 106 deg. 29 min. W. and Lat. 32 deg. 00 min. N., Long. 106 deg. 30 min. W.], El Paso quadrangle, El Paso Co., western TX (see Hayes, 1975, Repetski, 1988).
Principal reference section: in McKelligon Canyon, Franklin Mountains, approx. Lat. 31 deg. 50.5 min. N., Long. 106 deg. 39.5 min. W., El Paso quadrangle, El Paso Co., western TX (Hayes and Cone, 1975; see Taylor and others, 2004).
AAPG geologic province:
Basin-and-Range province*
Orogrande basin*
Pedregosa basin*
Permian basin*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).
Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).