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| State | Texas |
|---|---|
| Name | Del Rio Clay |
| Geologic age | Phanerozoic | Mesozoic | Cretaceous-Late |
| Original map label | Kdr |
| Comments | Calcareous to gypsiferous, nodular marl and marly limestone, pyrite common, blocky, med gray, weathers lt-gray to lt- yellowish-gray, contains lenses of calcar siltst., marine megafossils include abdt Exogyra arietina and other pelecypods; thickness as much as 200 ft in Del Rio Sheet (1977) feathers out northwestward. |
| Primary rock type | mudstone |
| Secondary rock type | limestone |
| Other rock types | |
| Lithologic constituents | Major
Unconsolidated > Marl (Bed) Minor
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, 1981, Llano sheet, Geologic Atlas of Texas, Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas at Austin, scale 1:250,000. 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 | Kinney - Uvalde - Val Verde |
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