Usage:
Rochelle Conglomerate of Canyon Group (TX)
Rochelle Conglomerate Member of Graford Formation of Canyon Group (TX)
Geologic age:
Pennsylvanian
Permian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: 4 mi east and 1.3 mi north of Rochelle-San Saba Road, near top of prominent escarpment (US geologic names lexicon, USGS Bull. 1200).
Named from its development near Rochelle, McCulloch Co., Colorado River region, central TX (Tarr, 1890).
AAPG geologic province:
Bend arch
Fort Worth syncline
Llano uplift
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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