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| State | Texas |
|---|---|
| Name | Gober Chalk and Roxton Limestone |
| Geologic age | Phanerozoic | Mesozoic | Cretaceous-Late [Gulfian] |
| Original map label | Kgc |
| Comments | Chalk with local Roxton Limestone beds. Gober Chalk argillaceous, brittle, bluish gray; weathers white; thickness 400 +- ft, thins eastward. Roxton Ls sandy, glauconitic, soft, tough, red; marine megafossisl; thickness 10 ft, feathers out west in Fannin Co. |
| Primary rock type | limestone |
| Secondary rock type | limestone |
| Other rock types | |
| Lithologic constituents | Major
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestone > Chalk (Bed)Chalk. |
| 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, 1967, Sherman Sheet, Geologic Atlas of Texas: University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, scale 1:250,000. |
| Geographic coverage | Collin - Fannin - Grayson - Hunt - Lamar |
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