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Devils River Limestone

Devils River Limestone
StateTexas
NameDevils River Limestone
Geologic agePhanerozoic | Mesozoic | Cretaceous-Early [Comanchean]
Original map labelKdv
CommentsLimestone, dolostone; hard, miliolid, pellet, rudistid, shell fragment biosparite and lime mudstone; locally dolomitized and brecciated, and chert-bearing; rudistid mounds more common in upper part; nodular ls. in basal part; thickness about 700 ft in Uvalda and Medina Counties (San Antonio Sheet, 1974).
Primary rock typelimestone
Secondary rock typedolostone (dolomite)
Other rock typeschert
Lithologic constituents
Major
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestone (Bed)
Minor
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Dolostone (Bed)
Incidental
Sedimentary > Chemical > Chert (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, San Antonio Sheet, Geologic Atlas of Texas, University of Texas, Bureau of Economic Geology, scale 1:250,000.
Geographic coverageBandera - Edwards - Kinney - Medina - Real - Uvalde - Val Verde

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