Usage:
Wilkie Ranch Formation (TX)
Geologic age:
early Permian (Leonardian)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section (subsurface): Gulf No. 1 J. Barner-State "B" well, Hudspeth Co., TX. Named from Wilkie Ranch in Finlay Mountains, Hudspeth Co., TX (Cys, 1976).
AAPG geologic province:
Permian basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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