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Geologic Unit: Willow Point

Usage:

Willow Point Limestone Member of Palo Pinto Formation of Canyon Group (TX)
/Willow Point Limestone Member of /Willow Point Formation of Canyon Group (TX)

[An identical geographic name may not be applied to a stratigraphic unit [Willow Point Formation] and its parts [Willow Point Limestone Member] (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021).]


Geologic age:

Late Pennsylvanian (Missourian)


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

Type locality: Willow Point, southwestern part of Wise Co., central northern TX (Scott and Armstrong, 1932).


AAPG geologic province:

Fort Worth syncline


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.

"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).

Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).