Usage:
Sanchez Sandstone of Jackson Group (TX,Mexico)
Geologic age:
early Tertiary (late Eocene)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Notable exposures in section measured on both sides of Rio Grande between Roma and Rio Grande City, [Starr Co.], southern TX. [Origin of name not stated] (Kane and Gierhart, 1935).
AAPG geologic province:
Gulf Coast basin
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