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| State | Texas |
|---|---|
| Name | Cook Mountain Formation |
| Geologic age | Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary | Eocene |
| Original map label | Ecm |
| Comments | clay 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 type | clay or mud |
| Secondary rock type | sandstone |
| Other rock types | coal |
| 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 coverage | Anderson - 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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