Geologic Unit: Salado

Usage:

Salado Formation (NM*,TX*)
Salado Halite (NM,TX)
Salado Formation of [†]Ochoa Group (NM,TX)
(†Ochoa has been used as a provincial chronostratigraphic term (Ochoan Series) for some time. To prevent confusion, the use of Ochoa as a lithostratigraphic term should be avoided. Not used by the USGS.)

Subunits:

(alphabetical): Cowden Anhydrite Member (NM*,TX*), Fletcher Anhydrite Member (NM*,TX*), La Huerta Siltstone Member (NM*,TX*), Vaca Triste Sandstone Member (NM,TX).

Geologic age:

Permian, Late*
Ochoan*

Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Named from Salado Wash, in northern Loving Co., TX. Salado being the Spanish word for "salted" (Lang, 1935).

AAPG geologic province:

Permian basin*