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Geologic units in Dimmit county, Texas

Quaternary deposit, undivided (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Quaternary) at surface, covers 1 % of this area

sand, silt, clay, and gravel. locally indurated with calcium carbonate (caliche); includes point bar, natural levee, stream channel, sand dune, terrace, alluvial fan, landslide bolson and playa deposits

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

Bigford Formation (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary | Eocene) at surface, covers 19 % of this area

Bigford Formation

Lithology: siltstone; sandstone; clay or mud

Laredo Formation (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary | Eocene-Middle) at surface, covers 13 % of this area

Laredo Formation

Lithology: sandstone; clay or mud

Kincaid Formation (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary | Paleocene) at surface, covers 0.9 % of this area

Kincaid Formation

Lithology: sand; clay or mud; limestone

Terrace deposits (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Quaternary | Pleistocene Holocene) at surface, covers 3 % of this area

Terrace deposits

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

Uvalde Gravel (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary Quaternary | Pliocene Pleistocene) at surface, covers 0.7 % of this area

Uvalde Gravel

Lithology: gravel; chert

Carizzo Sand (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary | Eocene) at surface, covers 11 % of this area

Carizzo Sand

Lithology: sandstone

El Pico Clay (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary | Eocene) at surface, covers 33 % of this area

El Pico Clay

Lithology: clay or mud; sandstone; coal

alluvium (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Quaternary | Holocene) at surface, covers 10 % of this area

alluvium

Lithology: sand; silt; clay or mud; gravel

Indio Formation (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary | Paleocene Eocene) at surface, covers 8 % of this area

Indio Formation

Lithology: fine-grained mixed clastic; coal