Usage:
Castner Limestone (NM,TX*)
Castner Marble (TX)
Geologic age:
Proterozoic*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
1.5 mi southeast of North Franklin Mountain and 0.5 mi northwest of mouth of Fusselman Canyon, El Paso Co., TX. Named from Castner Range located in Fort Bliss Military Reservation (Harbour, 1960).
AAPG geologic province:
Southwestern Basin-and-Range region*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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