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Geologic units in Jim Wells county, Texas

silt sheet (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Quaternary | Holocene) at surface, covers 20 % of this area

silt sheet

Lithology: silt; sand

Lissie Formation (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Quaternary | Pleistocene-Middle) at surface, covers 44 % of this area

Lissie Formation

Lithology: sand; silt; clay or mud

alluvium (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Quaternary | Holocene) at surface, covers 5 % of this area

alluvium

Lithology: sand; silt; clay or mud; gravel

Goliad Formation (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary | Miocene) at surface, covers 13 % of this area

Goliad Formation

Lithology: clay or mud; sandstone; mudstone; carbonate; limestone; conglomerate

Deweyville Formation (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Quaternary | Pleistocene Holocene (?)) at surface, covers 0.5 % of this area

Deweyville Formation

Lithology: sand; silt; clay or mud

Beaumont Formation, areas predominantly sand (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Quaternary | Pleistocene-Late) at surface, covers 5 % of this area

Beaumont Formation, areas predominantly sand

Lithology: sand; silt; clay or mud; gravel

Beaumont Formation, areas predominantly clay (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Quaternary | Pleistocene-Late) at surface, covers 8 % of this area

Beaumont Formation, areas predominantly clay

Lithology: clay or mud; silt

sand sheet deposits (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Quaternary | Holocene) at surface, covers 4 % of this area

sand sheet deposits

Lithology: sand; silt

Fleming Formation and Oakville Sandstone, undivided (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary | Miocene) at surface, covers 0.2 % of this area

Fleming Formation and Oakville Sandstone, undivided

Lithology: clay or mud; sandstone

Terrace deposits (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Quaternary | Pleistocene Holocene) at surface, covers 0.5 % of this area

Terrace deposits

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