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Castile Formation
Stratigraphic range: Changhsingian
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TypeFormation
Unit ofArtesia Group
UnderliesSalado Formation
OverliesBell Canyon Formation
Thickness300 feet (91 m)
Lithology
PrimaryAnhydrite
OtherGypsum, limestone
Location
Coordinates31°50′28″N 104°22′30″W / 31.841°N 104.375°W / 31.841; -104.375
RegionTexas, New Mexico
CountryUnited States
Type section
Named forCastile Spring
Named byG.B. Richardson
Year defined1904
Castile Formation is located in the United States
Castile Formation
Castile Formation (the United States)
Castile Formation is located in Texas
Castile Formation
Castile Formation (Texas)

The Castile Formation is a geologic formation in west Texas and southeastern New Mexico, United States.[1] It was deposited in the Ochoan Stage of the Permian period.[2]

  1. ^ Wilmarth 1938.
  2. ^ Madsen & Raup 1988.

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