Usage:
Jasper Creek Formation of Canyon Group (TX)
Subunits:
Lake Bridgeport Shale [unranked] (TX).
Geologic age:
Late Pennsylvanian (Missourian)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Notable exposures in valley of Jasper Creek, Wise Co., central northern TX (Scott and Armstrong, 1932).
AAPG geologic province:
Fort Worth syncline
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