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Geologic Unit: Conquista

Usage:

Conquista Clay 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: bluff adjoining historic Conquista Crossing on San Antonio River, 3.75 mi southwest of Falls City, Karnes Co., south-central TX. This is the same type locality as †Falls City shales (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.

"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 ([ ]).