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| State | Texas |
|---|---|
| Name | Calvert Bluff Formation |
| Geologic age | Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary | Paleocene Eocene |
| Original map label | EPAc |
| Comments | Mostly mudstone with varing amounts of sandstone, lignite, ironstone concretions, and in uppermost part locally glauconitic. Mudst. massive to thinn bedded weathers yell-brn. Sandst. med to fine grained, mod. well sorted, crossbedded, lenticular. Lignite mostly in lower part of formation, seams 1-20 ft thick, brownish black. thickness about 1,000 ft. |
| Primary rock type | mudstone |
| Secondary rock type | sandstone |
| Other rock types | coal |
| Lithologic constituents | Major
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Claystone (Bed) Minor
Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone (Bed) Incidental
Sedimentary > Coal > Lignite (Bed) |
| Map references | Bureau of Economic Geology, 1992, Geologic Map of Texas: University of Texas at Austin, Virgil E. Barnes, project supervisor, Hartmann, B.M. and Scranton, D.F., cartography, scale 1:500,000 |
| Unit references | Bureau of Economic Geology, 1974, Austin Sheet, Geologic Atlas of Texas, University of Texas, Bureau of Economic Geology, scale 1:250,000. |
| Geographic coverage | Bastrop - Burleson - Falls - Freestone - Lee - Leon - Limestone - Milam - Robertson - Williamson |
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