Usage:
Tamarisk Member of Rustler Formation (NM*,TX?)
Geologic age:
Permian, Late*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not designated. Named from a broad expanse of barren outcrops, 2 to 3 mi wide and about 7 mi long, east of Tamarisk Flat, in T. 22 S., R. 29 E., Eddy Co., NM (Vine, 1963).
AAPG geologic province:
Permian basin*
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Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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