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Geologic units in Loving county, Texas

caliche deposits (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Quaternary | Pleistocene Holocene) at surface, covers 37 % of this area

caliche deposits

Lithology: evaporite

Dockum Group, undivided (Phanerozoic | Mesozoic | Triassic-Late) at surface, covers 2 % of this area

Dockum Group

Lithology: fine-grained mixed clastic; limestone; conglomerate

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

alluvium

Lithology: sand; silt; clay or mud; gravel

eolian deposits (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Quaternary) at surface, covers 0.2 % of this area

Eolian deposits

Lithology: eolian

older alluvial deposits of upland plains and piedmont areas (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Quaternary) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Older alluvial deposits of upland plains and piedmont areas, and calcic soils and eolian cover sediments of High Plains region; includes scattered lacustrine, playa, and alluvial deposits of the Tahoka, Double Tanks, Tule, Blanco, Blackwater Draw, and Gatuna Formations, the latter of which may be Pliocene at base; outcrops, however, are basically of Quaternary deposits; upper Quaternary to uppermost Pliocene(?)

Lithology: alluvium

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

Alluvium; upper and middle Quaternary

Lithology: alluvium

Rustler Formation (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Permian [Ochoa]) at surface, covers 0.4 % of this area

Rustler Formation

Lithology: limestone; siltstone; sandstone

older alluvial deposits (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Quaternary | Pleistocene) at surface, covers 0.2 % of this area

older alluvial deposits

Lithology: gravel; sand; silt

Gatuna Formation (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Quaternary | Pleistocene-Middle(?)) at surface, covers 0.6 % of this area

Gatuna Formation

Lithology: sand; conglomerate; evaporite; limestone; siltstone; shale

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

sand deposits, undivided

Lithology: sand; silt

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

Terrace deposits

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

Dewey Lake Red beds (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Permian [Ochoa]) at surface, covers 0.2 % of this area

Dewey Lake Red beds

Lithology: fine-grained mixed clastic; evaporite

pond deposits (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Quaternary | Pleistocene) at surface, covers 0.8 % of this area

pond deposits

Lithology: silt; sand

Quaternary deposit, undivided (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Quaternary) at surface, covers 0.1 % 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

sand sheet deposits (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Quaternary | Holocene) at surface, covers 46 % of this area

sand sheet deposits

Lithology: sand; silt

Quartermaster Formation (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Permian) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Quartermaster Formation; red sandstone and siltstone; Upper Permian

Lithology: sandstone; mudstone; evaporite