Usage:
Rita Blanca deposits (informal) (TX)
Rita Blanca beds (informal) (TX)
Informal. The rank or lithologic term should not be capitalized.
Geologic age:
Quaternary
Pleistocene
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not designated. First used to describe lacustrine deposits "exposed along Rita Blance Creek and its tributaries about 8 mi west of Channing in Hartley County" (Evans, Meade, 1945, p. 493).
AAPG geologic province:
Palo Duro basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).
Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).