Usage:
Fusselman Dolostone (NM*,TX*)
Fusselman Formation (TX)
Subunits:
(alphabetical) --all in NM,TX: Chamberino Member, Crazycat Member, Flag Hill Member.
Geologic age:
early Silurian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not designated (Richardson, 1908).
Named from Fusselman Canyon in the Franklin Mountains, El Paso Co., TX (Kelley and Silver, 1952).
AAPG geologic province:
Orogrande basin*
Basin-and-Range province*
Permian basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).
Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).