Usage:
Tahoka Formation (NM,TX)
Tahoka Clay (NM,TX)
Geologic age:
Quaternary (late Pleistocene; Wisconsinan)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from town of Tahoka, Lynn Co., TX, which is near Tahoka Lake, Mound Lake, and other playas around which the deposit is typically developed and well exposed. Extends into eastern NM (Evans and Meade, 1945).
AAPG geologic province:
Permian basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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