Usage:
No current usage?
(†Gorgora Shale Member of †Fayette Formation (TX) considered abandoned? Uncertain if used by the TX Geol. Survey. Not used by the USGS.)
Geologic age:
Tertiary
Eocene
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not designated. "The Gorgora shale member takes its name from Gorgora Hill, located 1 mile northeast of Roma, Roma Quadrangle, where the base of the member is exposed in contact with the Roma sandstone below" (Patterson, 1942).
AAPG geologic province:
Gulf Coast basin
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