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Geologic Unit: Villa Nueva

Usage:

Villa Nueva sand [unranked, informal] in Jackson Group (TX-notable exposures in Starr Co., and Mexico?)

Considered informal. The rank or lithologic term should not be capitalized.


Geologic age:

early Tertiary (late Eocene)


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

[Kane and Gierhart (1935) described from section measured on both sides of Rio Grande River between Roma-Ciudad Miguel Aleman and Rio Grande City-Carmago, Starr Co., southern TX, and Tamaulipas, northeastern Mexico. Origin of name not stated.]


AAPG geologic province:

Gulf Coast basin


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