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Gober Chalk and Roxton Limestone

Gober Chalk and Roxton Limestone
StateTexas
NameGober Chalk and Roxton Limestone
Geologic agePhanerozoic | Mesozoic | Cretaceous-Late [Gulfian]
Original map labelKgc
CommentsChalk 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 typelimestone
Secondary rock typelimestone
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 coverageCollin - Fannin - Grayson - Hunt - Lamar

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