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Geologic units in La Salle county, Texas

Jackson Group, undivided (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary | Eocene Oligocene) at surface, covers 2 % of this area

Jackson Group, undivided

Lithology: clay or mud; sandstone; siltstone

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

Laredo Formation (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary | Eocene-Middle) at surface, covers 33 % of this area

Laredo Formation

Lithology: sandstone; clay or mud

Terrace deposits (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Quaternary | Pleistocene Holocene) at surface, covers 16 % of this area

Terrace deposits

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

Yegua Formation (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary | Eocene-Middle) at surface, covers 33 % of this area

Yegua Formation

Lithology: clay or mud; sandstone; limestone; coal

Uvalde Gravel (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary Quaternary | Pliocene Pleistocene) at surface, covers 0.3 % of this area

Uvalde Gravel

Lithology: gravel; chert

alluvium (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Quaternary | Holocene) at surface, covers 13 % of this area

alluvium

Lithology: sand; silt; clay or mud; gravel

Cook Mountain Formation (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary | Eocene) at surface, covers 1 % of this area

Cook Mountain Formation

Lithology: clay or mud; sandstone; coal