Usage:
Lamar Limestone Member of Bell Canyon Formation of Delaware Mountain Group (NM*,TX*)
Geologic age:
Middle Permian (Guadalupian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: escarpment north of Lamar Canyon, where canyon is crossed by Western Gas pipeline, about 15 mi due east of Guadalupe Point [Peak?], Delaware basin, western TX. Named from Lamar Canyon, southeast of Guadalupe Mountains, in northwest Culberson Co., western TX (Lang, 1937).
AAPG geologic province:
Permian basin*
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Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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