Usage:
Fairbury Trachyte (TX-local)
Fairbury Trachyte of Garren Group (TX-local)
Recognized in southwestern TX, notably Trans-Pecos area.
Geologic age:
Tertiary
Eocene
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section (composite): east face of Garren Mountain for basal breccia; north face of Buck Mountain for plagioclase trachyte member; southeast bank near mouth of Fairbury Draw for anorthoclase trachyte member; east face of Blanquito Hill and west slope of hill east-northeast of Bell's ashpit for tuff member, Culberson Co., TX (Hay-Roe, 1957).
AAPG geologic province:
Permian basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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