Usage:
Dewey Lake Redbeds (NM*,TX*)
Geologic age:
Late Permian (Lopingian; Ochoan)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section (subsurface): depth-interval 1,155 to 1,407 feet, Penn's Habenstreit No. 1 well, near center sec. 47, Blk. 36, T. 3 S., Texas and Pacific RR survey, Glasscock Co., western TX. Named from Dewey Lake, [Dewey Lake 7.5-min quadrangle, Glasscock Co., western TX] (Page and Adams, 1940).
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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