Usage:
Lion Mountain Sandstone Member of Riley Formation of Moore Hollow Group (TX)
Lion Mountain Sandstone Member of Riley Formation (TX*)
Geologic age:
Late Cambrian (Dresbachian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not designated. [Probably on southwest side of Lion Mountain along Highway 29.] Named from Lion Mountain, Burnet Co., TX (Bridge, 1937).
AAPG geologic province:
Llano uplift*
Kerr basin
Bend arch
Strawn basin
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 ([ ]).