Usage:
Morita Ranch Formation (TX-local)
Recognized in southwestern TX, notably Trans-Pecos area, Chinati Mountains, and Big Bend Ranch State Park area.
Geologic age:
Tertiary (Eocene to Oligocene)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: northern end of the Three Sisters, a mountain 1.3 mi southeast of Shafter, Presidio Co., southwestern TX. Named from Morita Ranch, 4 mi southeast of Shafter, in Chinati Peak quadrangle, southwestern TX (Dietrich, 1966).
AAPG geologic province:
Permian basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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