Usage:
Caddell Formation of Jackson Group (TX*)
Geologic age:
early Tertiary (late Eocene)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from excellent exposures around Caddell, San Augustine Co., [northeastern TX] (Dumble, 1915).
Type locality: cuts along Highway 147 just west of relocated bridge, 4 mi west of site of Caddell, San Augustine Co., south-central TX (Eargle, 1959).
AAPG geologic province:
Gulf Coast basin*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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