Usage:
Buckshot Ignimbrite (TX-local)
Buckshot Ignimbrite of Vieja Group (TX-local)
Buckshot Ignimbrite of Garren Group (TX-local)
Recognized in southwestern TX, notably Trans-Pecos area.
Geologic age:
Tertiary
Eocene
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Four mi east of Candelaria, Rim Rock country, Presidio Co., TX. Named from exposures that cap Buckshot Rim, or perhaps for occurrence of cavities in unit (DeFord, 1958).
AAPG geologic province:
Permian basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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