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Cook Mountain Formation

Cook Mountain Formation
StateTexas
NameCook Mountain Formation
Geologic agePhanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary | Eocene
Original map labelEcm
Commentsclay and marly sand, argillaceous and carbonaceous sand, marl and clay, marly clay. In San Antonio Sheet clay and glauconitic sandstone, marine fossils, unit about 230 ft thick. In Seguin Sheet clay and sandstone about 200-230 ft thick. In Crystal City Sheet clay and sandstone; clay gypsiferous, sl. lignitic, sandst. v. fine grained, marine megafossils and microfossils abdt; thickness about 200-350 ft thick.
Primary rock typeclay or mud
Secondary rock typesandstone
Other rock typescoal
Lithologic constituents
Major
Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone (Bed)
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Claystone (Bed)
Minor
Sedimentary > Clastic > Siltstone (Bed)
Incidental
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Marlstone (Bed)
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, 1976, Crystal City-Eagle Pass Sheet, Geologic Atlas of Texas, University of Texas, Bureau of Economic Geology, scale 1:250,000.
Bureau of Economic Geology, 1974, Seguin Sheet, Geologic Atlas of Texas, University of Texas, Bureau of Economic Geology, scale 1:250,000.
Bureau of Economic Geology, 1974, San Antonio Sheet, Geologic Atlas of Texas, University of Texas, Bureau of Economic Geology, scale 1:250,000.
Bureau of Economic Geology, 1967, Palestine Sheet, Geologic Atlas of Texas, Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas at Austin, scale 1:250,000.
Geographic coverageAnderson - Angelina - Atascosa - Bastrop - Brazos - Burleson - Cherokee - Fayette - Frio - Gonzales - Houston - La Salle - Lee - Leon - Madison - Nacogdoches - Robertson - Sabine - San Augustine - Wilson

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