Usage:
Gorman Formation of Ellenburger Group (TX*)
Geologic age:
Early Ordovician*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: vicinity of Gorman Falls, along and near gorge of the Colorado River, San Saba Co., TX (Cloud and others, 1946; Cloud and Barnes, 1948 [1946]).
AAPG geologic province:
Llano uplift*
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 ([ ]).