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Salado Formation
Stratigraphic range: Changhsingian
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TypeFormation
Unit ofArtesia Group
UnderliesRustler Formation
OverliesCastile Formation
Area60,000 square miles (160,000 km2)
Thickness1,430 feet (440 m)
Lithology
PrimaryHalite
OtherAnhydrite, polyhalite, magnesite
Location
Coordinates31°58′59″N 103°37′16″W / 31.983°N 103.621°W / 31.983; -103.621
RegionTexas, New Mexico
CountryUnited States
Type section
Named forSalado Wash
Named byW.B. Lang
Year defined1935
Salado Formation is located in the United States
Salado Formation
Salado Formation (the United States)
Salado Formation is located in Texas
Salado Formation
Salado Formation (Texas)

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

  1. ^ Lang 1935.
  2. ^ DeFord & Riggs 1941.

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