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Geologic units in Bowie county, Texas

Alluvium (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Quaternary | Holocene) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Alluvium - Alluvial deposits of present streams

Lithology: alluvium

Alluvium (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Quaternary | Holocene) at surface, covers 0.2 % of this area

WOODWARD- Lenticular and interfingering deposits of gravel, sand, silt, and clay. Generally light-tan to gray. Thickness along major streams ranges up to 100 feet and probably averages 40 feet; along minor streams the thickness ranges up to 45 feet and probably averages 20 feet. ENID- Sand, silt, clay, and locally gravel. Maximum thickness ranges from 30 to 80 feet (9 to 24 m) along major streams and from 0 to 60 feet (0 to 18 m) along minor streams. TULSA- Gravel, sand, silt, and clay. TULSA- Gravel, sand, silt, and clay. OKLAHOMA CITY- Sand, silt, clay, and lenticular beds of gravel. Thickness ranges from about 30 to 100 feet and probably averages about 50 feet along major streams. Along minor streams, thickness ranges from a few feet to about 50 feet and probably averages about 25 feet. LAWTON- Sand, clay, and gravel as much as 50 feet (15 m) thick; Shown only along major streams and tributaries . ARDMORE-SHERMAN- Gravel, sand, silt, and clay, including low terraces; thickness, about 25 to 100 feet. McALESTER TEXARKANA- Gravel, sand, silt, and clay, including low terraces about 30 feet above channels; thickness, about 50 feet along Little River and 110 feet along Red River

Lithology: alluvium

alluvium (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Quaternary | Holocene) at surface, covers 19 % of this area

alluvium

Lithology: sand; silt; clay or mud; gravel

Navarro Group, undivided (Phanerozoic | Mesozoic | Cretaceous-Late [Gulfian]) at surface, covers 7 % of this area

Navarro Group, undivided

Lithology: clay or mud; sand; sandstone

Alluvium - Alluvial deposits in major stream channels or in mappable meanders of major streams (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Quaternary | Holocene) at surface, covers 0.1 % of this area

Alluvial deposits in major stream channels or in mappable meanders of major streams - Includes alluvial deposits in natural levees in some areas.

Lithology: alluvium

Wilcox Group, undivided (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary | Paleocene Eocene) at surface, covers 18 % of this area

Wilcox Group, undivided

Lithology: fine-grained mixed clastic; coal; sand; clay or mud

Marlbrook Marl (Phanerozoic | Mesozoic | Cretaceous-Late [Gulfian]) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Marlbrook Marl

Lithology: clay or mud; limestone

Terrace deposits (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Quaternary | Pleistocene Holocene) at surface, covers 30 % of this area

Terrace deposits

Lithology: terrace; sand; gravel; silt; clay or mud

Midway Group, undivided (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary | Paleocene) at surface, covers 23 % of this area

Midway Group, undivided

Lithology: fine-grained mixed clastic; limestone; mudstone