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Geologic Unit: Lake Trammel

Usage:

No current usage.
(†Lake Trammel Sandstone (TX-recognized locally in Taylor and Nolan Cos.) abandoned. Is same as all or part of Whitehorse Sandstone. See Whitehorse.)


Geologic age:

Middle Permian (Guadalupian)


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

Notable exposures west of Aspermont, Stonewall Co., and west of Sweetwater, Nolan Co., central northern TX (Wrather, 1917).


AAPG geologic province:

Bend arch
Permian basin


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 ([ ]).