No current usage.
(†Tye Formation (TX) abandoned and replaced with Vale Formation of Clear Fork Group. See Vale.)
Permian
Probably named from Tye, Taylor Co., central northern TX (US geologic names lexicons, USGS Bull. 896, 1200).
Permian basin
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