Usage:
Calliham Sandstone Member of Whitsett Formation of Jackson Group (TX*)
Geologic age:
early Tertiary (late Eocene)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: about 0.6 mi north-northeast of village of Calliham where old Whitsett-Calliham Road crosses Frio River. Named from village of Calliham, which is near Frio River in McMullen Co. about 1 mi west of Live Oak Co. line on Farm Road 63 from Three Rivers to Tilden, southern TX (Ellisor, 1933; 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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