Usage:
No current usage.
(†Buffalo Hill Sandstone [unranked] in Vale Formation of Clear Fork Group (TX-recognized locally in Taylor and Runnels Cos.) considered obsolete.)
Geologic age:
Permian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from Buffalo Hills, Taylor Co., TX. Notable exposures in section measured along Texas and Pacific RR from Abilene, Taylor Co., to Sweetwater, Nolan Co., central TX (Wrather, 1917; Sellards, 1933).
AAPG geologic province:
Bend arch
Permian basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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