Usage:
Scenic Drive Formation of El Paso Group (NM,TX)
Subunits:
[†?]Black Band Dolomite Member (TX).
[Status of Black Band Dolomite Member is unknown at this time.]
Geologic age:
Ordovician, Early
Canadian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not designated. Origin of name not stated by author, but probably named from Scenic Drive, northeast edge of El Paso, south end of Franklin Mountains, El Paso Co., TX (Flower, 1964).
AAPG geologic province:
Orogrande basin
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