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Geologic Unit: Bullwagon

Usage:

Bullwagon Dolomite Member of Vale Formation of Clear Fork Group (TX*)
Bullwagon Dolomite of Clear Fork Group (TX)


Geologic age:

early Permian (Leonardian)*


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Named from Bullwagon Creek, Taylor Co., central northern TX. Notable exposures in section measured along Texas and Pacific RR from Abilene, Taylor Co., to Sweetwater, Nolan Co., central northern TX (Wrather, 1917).


AAPG geologic province:

Bend arch*
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 ([ ]).