Del Carmen Limestone (TXKdm;0)

State	Texas
Name	Del Carmen Limestone
Geologic age	Phanerozoic \| Mesozoic \| Cretaceous-Early
Original map label	Kdm
Comments	Del Carmen is gray limestone aphanitic to fine grained, massive, chert nodules, weathers shades of dk brown, yell-brown, and pinkish-brown; rudistids and milliolids common. Forms sheer escarpments. Thickness 445 ft. 350 ft in northern Sierra del Carmen, 475 ft at mouth of Santa Elena Canyon, 300-350 ft in Shafter area.
Primary rock type	limestone
Secondary rock type
Other rock types
Lithologic constituents	Major Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestone (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, 1979, Emory Peak--Presidio Sheet, Geologic Atlas of Texas, University of Texas at Austin. Bureau of Economic Geology, 1977, Del Rio Sheet, Geologic Atlas of Texas, University of Texas, Bureau of Economic Geology, scale 1:250,000.
Geographic coverage	Presidio