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Geologic Unit: Eastland

Usage:

No current usage.
(†Eastland Limestone Member of †Eastland Formation of Canyon Group (TX) is synonym of Home Creek Limestone Member of Caddo Creek Formation of Canyon Group. See Home Creek.)


Geologic age:

Late Pennsylvanian (Virgilian)


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Named from Eastland, Eastland Co., Brazos River Valley, north-central TX. Well exposed in creek bed 0.5 mi east of Caddo and in Caddo oil field (Plummer, 1919).


AAPG geologic province:

Bend arch


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

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