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Geologic units in Throckmorton county, Texas

Quaternary deposit, undivided (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Quaternary) at surface, covers 0.7 % 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

Harpersville Formation (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Carboniferous Pennsylvanian [Virgil]) at surface, covers 0.2 % of this area

Harpersville Formation

Lithology: mudstone; sandstone; siltstone; limestone

Coleman Junction Formation (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Permian [Wolfcamp]) at surface, covers 0.7 % of this area

Coleman Junction Formation

Lithology: mudstone; limestone; sandstone

Pueblo Formation (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Permian [Wolfcamp]) at surface, covers 1 % of this area

Pueblo Formation

Lithology: mudstone; sandstone

Santa Anna Branch Shale (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Permian [Wolfcamp]) at surface, covers 12 % of this area

Santa Anna Branch Shale

Lithology: mudstone; shale; sandstone; limestone

Admiral Formation (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Permian [Wolfcamp]) at surface, covers 5 % of this area

Admiral Formation

Lithology: mudstone; limestone; sandstone

Bead Mountain Formation (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Permian [Leonard]) at surface, covers 7 % of this area

Bead Mountain Formation

Lithology: shale; limestone

Seymour Formation (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Quaternary | Pleistocene-Middle [Irvingtonian]) at surface, covers 0.1 % of this area

Seymour Formation

Lithology: sand; gravel; clay or mud

Terrace deposits (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Quaternary | Pleistocene Holocene) at surface, covers 2 % of this area

Terrace deposits

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

Talpa Formation (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Permian [Leonard]) at surface, covers 3 % of this area

Talpa Formation

Lithology: shale; limestone

Lueders Formation (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Permian [Leonard]) at surface, covers 14 % of this area

Lueders Formation

Lithology: shale; limestone

Archer City Formation (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Permian [Wolfcamp]) at surface, covers 1 % of this area

Archer City Formation

Lithology: mudstone; sandstone; siltstone; conglomerate

Admiral and Coleman Junction Formations, undivided (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Permian [Wolfcamp]) at surface, covers 11 % of this area

Admiral and Coleman Junction Formations, undivided

Lithology: mudstone; shale; sandstone; limestone

Sedwick and Moran Formations, undivided (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Permian [Wolfcamp]) at surface, covers 7 % of this area

Sedwick and Moran Formations, undivided

Lithology: mudstone; sandstone; limestone

Jagger Bend and Valera Formations, undivided (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Permian [Leonard]) at surface, covers 10 % of this area

Jagger Bend and Valera Formations, undivided

Lithology: shale; mudstone; limestone

high gravel deposits (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Quaternary | Pleistocene) at surface, covers 4 % of this area

high gravel deposits

Lithology: gravel; silt; sand

Elm Creek Formation (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Permian [Leonard]) at surface, covers 8 % of this area

Elm Creek Formation

Lithology: shale; mudstone; limestone

Grape Creek Formation (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Permian [Leonard]) at surface, covers 6 % of this area

Grape Creek Formation

Lithology: shale; limestone

Markley Formation (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Carboniferous Pennsylvanian Permian) at surface, covers 0.6 % of this area

Markley Formation

Lithology: sandstone; mudstone; conglomerate; coal; limestone

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

alluvium

Lithology: sand; silt; clay or mud; gravel

dune sand sheet deposits (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Quaternary | Holocene) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

dune sand sheet deposits

Lithology: sand; silt

Clear Fork Group (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Permian [Leonard]) at surface, covers 2 % of this area

Clear Fork Group

Lithology: mudstone; sandstone; dolostone (dolomite); siltstone; evaporite