Usage:
Tehuacana Member of Kincaid Formation of Midway Group (TX*)
Tehuacana Limestone Member of Kincaid Formation of Midway Group (TX*)
Geologic age:
early Tertiary (Paleocene)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: abandoned quarry at Tehuacana, Limestone Co., eastern TX (Harris, 1896; Plummer, 1933).
[Reference sections]: Lower part typically exposed along west face of scarp on which town of Tehuacana stands; higher horizons best represented in quarry 0.5 mi east of town (Gardner, 1935).
AAPG geologic province:
East Texas basin*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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