Usage:
Red Bluff Granite (TX-local)
Red Bluff Granite Complex (TX-local)
Recognized locally in Franklin Mountains.
Geologic age:
Precambrian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not designated. Occurs at Red Bluff Park, in McKelligon Canyon, Franklin Mountains, El Paso Co., western TX. Origin of name not stated, but probably named from Red Bluff Park (Nelson, 1940).
AAPG geologic province:
Southwestern Basin-and-Range region
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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