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Sparta Formation

white to light gray massive sands with interbedded clays; some thin beds of lignite or lignitic sands and shales.
StateLouisiana
NameSparta Formation
Geologic agePhanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary | Eocene
Original map labelEcs
CommentsMember of the Claiborne Group
Primary rock typesandstone
Secondary rock typeclay or mud
Other rock typescoal
Lithologic constituents
Major
Unconsolidated > Fine-detrital > Clay (Bed)
Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone (Bed)
Incidental
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale (Bed)
Sedimentary > Coal (Bed)
Map references
United States Geological Survey, 1998, Digital Overlay of the Geologic Map of Louisiana: U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, National Wetlands Research Center, Product Id USGS-NWRC 1984-02-0001, http://www.nwrc.usgs.gov/.
Unit references
United States Geological Survey, 1998, Digital Overlay of the Geologic Map of Louisiana: U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, National Wetlands Research Center, Product Id USGS-NWRC 1984-02-0001, http://www.nwrc.usgs.gov/.
Geographic coverageBienville - Bossier - Caddo - Claiborne - Jackson - Natchitoches - Sabine - Webster - Winn

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