Usage:
Ford Member of Bell Canyon Formation of Delaware Mountain Group (NM,TX)
Geologic age:
Middle Permian (Guadalupian)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type log designated but not located. Excellent exposures in the northern portion of Culberson Co., TX. Possibly named from Geraldine-Ford field, in northeast Culberson Co., and northwest Reeves Co., TX (Nottingham, 1960).
Type section (subsurface): Gulf J.R. Grandin No. 1 well, sonic-gamma ray log, in SE/4 sec. 33, Blk. 29, PSL (public school land) survey, Loving Co., TX (Winner, 1985).
AAPG geologic province:
Permian basin
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