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| State | Texas |
|---|---|
| Name | Etholen Conglomerate |
| Geologic age | Phanerozoic | Mesozoic | Cretaceous-Early |
| Original map label | Ket |
| Comments | Mostly conglomerate of gray to blk well-rounded limestone clasts as much as 18 inches across and chert fragments as large as 6 inches in gray and white ls and sparry calcite matrix. some thin beds of sandy shale, sandstone, and ls. Thickness 700 ft+-. |
| Primary rock type | conglomerate |
| Secondary rock type | shale |
| Other rock types | limestone |
| Lithologic constituents | Major
Sedimentary > Clastic > Conglomerate (Bed) Incidental
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestone (Bed) Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale > Black-shale (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, 1968, Van Horn-El Paso Sheet, Geologic Atlas of Texas: Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin, scale 1:250,000. |
| Geographic coverage | Hudspeth |
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