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Geologic units containing novaculite

Arkansas

Arkansas Novaculite (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Devonian-Late Carboniferous Mississippian-Early)

Arkansas Novaculite - Includes upper division (Mississippian), middle division (Mississippian and Devonian), and lower division (Devonian)

Tokio Formation (Phanerozoic | Mesozoic | Cretaceous-Late)

Tokio Formation

Trinity Group (Phanerozoic | Mesozoic | Cretaceous-Early)

Trinity Group

Oklahoma

Arkansas Novaculite (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Devonian-Late)

ARDMORE-SHERMAN- Shale, black, cherty, with much novaculite; thickness, 230 to375 feet. Occurs in the OUACHITA MNTS

Arkansas Novaculite (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Silurian Devonian(?) Carboniferous Mississippian-Early )

McALESTER TEXARKANA- Chert, fine- to very fine-grained, gray, green, tan, black, white, and pink, with interbedded black to gray shale in 1-to 18-inch beds; some interbedded conglomerates and in places a basal conglomerate; upper part has been determined to be Mississippian in age and lower part to be Early Silurian, on basis of examination of palynomorphs from Potato Hills; thickness, 600 feet or more. Occurs in the OUACHITA MTNS SOUTH OF TI VALLEY FAULT.

Texas

Caballos Novaculite and Maravillas Chert, undivided (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Ordovician-Late Devonian Carboniferous Mississippian)

Caballos Novaculite and Maravillas Chert, undivided

Mississippi, Devonian, and Ordovician rocks, undivided (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Ordovician Devonian Carboniferous Mississippian)

Mississippi, Devonian, and Ordovician rocks, undivided