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Geologic Unit: Georgetown

Usage:

Georgetown Limestone of Washita Group (AR*,OK?,TX*, and LA*-subsurface)
Georgetown Formation of Washita Group (TX*)
Georgetown Formation of Atascosa Group (TX-subsurface)


Subunits:

(alphabetical): Denton Shale Member (TX), Duck Creek Member (TX), Fort Worth Member (TX), Kiamichi Clay Member (AR,OK?,TX), Main Street Member (TX), Pawpaw Shale Member (TX), Weno Member (TX).


Geologic age:

late Early Cretaceous (Albian)*


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Not synopsized to date.


AAPG geologic province:

Ouachita folded belt*
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 ([ ]).