Usage:
/San Carlos Tuff (TX-recognized locally in southwestern TX, notably Trans-Pecos area)
[Preoccupied. Name previously applied to Upper Cretaceous San Carlos Formation of Vaughan (1900), in Presidio Co., TX.]
Geologic age:
Tertiary
Oligocene
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Unknown.
AAPG geologic province:
Permian basin
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