Usage:
Cap Mountain Limestone Member of Riley Formation of Moore Hollow Group (TX)
Cap Mountain Limestone Member of Riley Formation (TX*)
Cap Mountain Formation of Timbered Hills Group (OK)
Geologic age:
Cambrian, Middle*
Cambrian, Late*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not designated. Named from Cap Mountain, Llano Co., TX (Paige, 1911).
AAPG geologic province:
Llano uplift*
South Oklahoma folded belt
Kerr basin
Bend arch
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 ([ ]).