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Geologic Unit: Millican

Usage:

No current usage.
(†Millican Formation (TX) replaced with Allamoore Limestone and Hazel Sandstone. See Allamoore and Hazel.)


Geologic age:

Precambrian


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

Named from Millican's Ranch, 10 mi northwest of Van Horn, [Hudspeth Co.], Sierra Diablo region, TX (Richardson, 1914).


AAPG geologic province:

Southwestern Basin-and-Range region


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

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