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Usage:
Cerro Alto Limestone of Hueco Group (NM,TX)
Cerro Alto Formation of Hueco Group (TX)
Geologic age:
early Permian (Wolfcampian)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: exposure in south walls of Hueco Canyon, in central part of Hueco Mountains, Hudspeth Co., west-central TX. Named from exposures south-southwest of Cerro Alto in Hueco Mountains (Williams, 1963).
AAPG geologic province:
Permian basin
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