Usage:
Hess Limestone (TX*)
Subunits:
Taylor Ranch Member (TX*).
Geologic age:
early Permian (Wolfcampian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not designated. Origin of name not stated by authors, but probably named from Hess Ranch in Glass Mountains, Brewster Co., TX where the formation is developed (Udden and others, 1916).
AAPG geologic province:
Permian basin*
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Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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