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Geologic Unit: Lohn

Usage:

Lohn Shale Member of Thrifty Formation of Cisco Group (TX*-recognized locally in Colorado River Valley, central TX)


Geologic age:

Late Pennsylvanian (Virgilian)*


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

Named from its good development near Lohn, a post office on the Waldrip-Brady road, 8 to 9 mi from Waldrip, McCulloch Co., Colorado River region, central TX (Drake, 1893).


AAPG geologic province:

Bend arch


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

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