Usage:
No current usage
(†Chinati series [informal] (TX-recognized locally in Chinati Mountains) considered obsolete. See constituent formations Alta, Cibolo, and Cieneguita.)
Geologic age:
Middle Pennsylvanian to early Permian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Is a local name for all Permian in Chinati Mountains, Presidio Co., southwestern TX. Described in Shafter district (Udden, 1904).
AAPG geologic province:
Permian basin
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