Usage:
Wink Member of Wristen Formation (TX)
Wink Formation of Wristen Group (TX)
Geologic age:
Silurian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section (subsurface): Phillips Petroleum Company No. 1 University Lands "H," in sec. 11, Blk 17 University, Winkler Co., TX (Hills and Hoenig, 1979).
AAPG geologic province:
Permian basin
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 ( ).
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