Usage:
Welge Sandstone Member of Wilberns Formation of Moore Hollow Group (TX)
Welge Sandstone Member of Wilberns Formation (TX*)
Geologic age:
Late Cambrian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: exposure along Squaw Creek, approx. 0.5 mi north of Gillespie Co. line. Named from Welge land survey between Threadgill and Squaw Creeks, in Gillespie Co., TX (Bridge and others, 1947).
AAPG geologic province:
Llano uplift*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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