Usage:
Elm Creek Limestone Member of Belle Plains Formation of Wichita Group (TX*)
Elm Creek Formation of Albany Group (TX-notably south of Wichita River)
Geologic age:
early Permian (Leonardian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from Elm Creek, Brown Co., Colorado River region, central TX. Forms prominent escarpment in western Coleman Co. (Drake, 1893; US geologic names lexicons, USGS Bull. 896, 1200).
Type exposures: on lower Elm Creek near its confluence with Colorado River, south of Leaday, Coleman Co., Colorado River region, central TX (Moore, 1949).
AAPG geologic province:
Bend arch*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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