Usage:
No current usage.
(†/Elm Creek Limestone of Canyon Group (TX-recognized locally in Wise Co.) considered invalid. May be same as Ranger Limestone Member of Brad Formation. See Ranger.)
[Preoccupied. Name previously applied to Permian Elm Creek Limestone by Drake (1893) in TX.]
Geologic age:
Late Pennsylvanian (Missourian)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Notable exposures in middle part of Elm Creek, Wise Co., central northern TX (Bose, 1918).
AAPG geologic province:
Fort Worth syncline
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