Usage:
Powwow Conglomerate (TX)
Powwow Conglomerate of Hueco Group (TX)
Powwow Conglomerate Member of Hueco Limestone (TX*)
Powwow Conglomerate Member of Hueco Formation (NM)
Powwow Conglomerate Member of Abo Formation (NM)
Powwow Member of Hueco Limestone (TX*)
Powwow Member of Hueco Canyon Formation of Hueco Group (NM,TX)
Geologic age:
early Permian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from Powwow Canyon [now spelled Pow Wow Canyon] 3.5 mi south of Hueco Canyon, which is followed by the new El Paso-Carlsbad highway [U.S. Route 62 / 180], Hueco Mountains, [Helms West Well and Phone Line Canyon 7.5-min quadrangles, El Paso and Hudspeth Cos.], western TX (King and King, 1929).
AAPG geologic province:
Orogrande basin*
Permian basin*
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