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Geologic Unit: Kincaid

Usage:

Kincaid Formation of Midway Group (AR*,LA*,TX*)


Subunits:

(alphabetical) --all in TX: Littig Member*, Lone Oak Limestone Lentil, Pisgah Member*, Tehuacana Limestone Member*.


Geologic age:

early Tertiary (Paleocene)*


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

Type exposures on old Kincaid Ranch (Lewis Ranch), 0.75 mi above Bob Evan's apiary to 0.25 mi below it, [approx. Lat. 29 deg. 16 min. 44 sec. N., Long. 99 deg. 56 min. 06 sec. W., Chalk Bluff 7.5-min quadrangle, Uvalde Co.], eastern TX (Gardner, 1933).


AAPG geologic province:

East Texas basin*
Gulf Coast basin*
Ouachita folded belt*


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 ([ ]).