Usage:
Decie Ranch Member of Skinner Ranch Formation (TX*)
Geologic age:
Permian, Early*
Wolfcampian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: 1.25 mi S. 25 deg. W. of Peak 5300 in Lenox Hills, Altuda 15-min quadrangle, Brewster Co., TX (Cooper and Grant, 1964).
AAPG geologic province:
Permian basin*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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