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| State | Texas |
|---|---|
| Name | Fredericksberg Group and Maxon Sandstone, undivided |
| Geologic age | Phanerozoic | Mesozoic | Cretaceous-Early [Comanchean] |
| Original map label | Kem |
| Comments | Fredericksberg Group--Limestone,dolomite,chert, marl. Limestone nodular, aphanitic, marly, gray, yell, white, pink; dolomite, find grained, gray; chert, in thin layers and nodules; marl locally gypsiferous, gray. abundant Exogyra texana some beds made almost entirely of Gryphaea sp., exposed thickness 50 ft in Hobbs Sheet (1976). Maxon Ss fine grained, calcareous, well cemented to friable, massive to bedded; limestone nodular to bedded, hard to soft. thickness of Maxon Ss 114 ft in area of Santiago Mtns, feathers out east and south short of Big Bend Natl Park and Black Gap area. |
| Primary rock type | sandstone |
| Secondary rock type | limestone |
| Other rock types | dolostone (dolomite) |
| Lithologic constituents | Major
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Marlstone (Bed) Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestone (Bed) Minor
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Dolostone (Bed) Incidental
Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone (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, 1967, Sherman Sheet, Geologic Atlas of Texas: University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, scale 1:250,000. |
| Geographic coverage | Brewster - Pecos |
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