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Geologic units in Red River county, Texas

alluvium (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Quaternary | Holocene) at surface, covers 14 % of this area

alluvium

Lithology: sand; silt; clay or mud; gravel

Navarro Group, undivided (Phanerozoic | Mesozoic | Cretaceous-Late [Gulfian]) at surface, covers 9 % of this area

Navarro Group, undivided

Lithology: clay or mud; sand; sandstone

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

Blossom Sand

Lithology: sand; clay or mud

Brownstown Marl (Phanerozoic | Mesozoic | Cretaceous-Late [Gulfian]) at surface, covers 3 % of this area

Brownstown Marl

Lithology: clay or mud

Alluvium (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Quaternary | Holocene) at surface, covers 0.3 % 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

Ozan Formation (Phanerozoic | Mesozoic | Cretaceous-Late [Gulfian]) at surface, covers 5 % of this area

Ozan Formation

Lithology: clay or mud

Annona Chalk (Phanerozoic | Mesozoic | Cretaceous-Late [Gulfian]) at surface, covers 4 % of this area

Annona Chalk

Lithology: limestone

Eagle Ford Formation (Phanerozoic | Mesozoic | Cretaceous-Late) at surface, covers 0.9 % of this area

Eagle Ford Formation

Lithology: shale; siltstone; limestone

Terrace deposits (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Quaternary | Pleistocene Holocene) at surface, covers 32 % of this area

Terrace deposits

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

Pecan Gap Chalk (Phanerozoic | Mesozoic | Cretaceous-Late [Gulfian]) at surface, covers 1 % of this area

Pecan Gap Chalk

Lithology: limestone; sand; clay or mud; limestone

Midway Group, undivided (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary | Paleocene) at surface, covers 3 % of this area

Midway Group, undivided

Lithology: fine-grained mixed clastic; limestone; mudstone

Woodbine Formation (Phanerozoic | Mesozoic | Cretaceous-Late [Gulfian]) at surface, covers 2 % of this area

Woodbine Formation

Lithology: shale; sand; clay or mud; limestone; coal; tuff

Bonham Formation (Phanerozoic | Mesozoic | Cretaceous-Late [Gulfian]) at surface, covers 8 % of this area

Bonham Formation

Lithology: mudstone; clay or mud

Marlbrook Marl (Phanerozoic | Mesozoic | Cretaceous-Late [Gulfian]) at surface, covers 11 % of this area

Marlbrook Marl

Lithology: clay or mud; limestone