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| State | Texas |
|---|---|
| Name | Grayson Marl and Main Street Limestone, undivided |
| Geologic age | Phanerozoic | Mesozoic | Cretaceous-Early Cretaceous-Late |
| Original map label | Kgm |
| Comments | Grayson Marl mostly marl, lt greenish-gray to med. gray, near top some thin interbeds of limest., nodular, sl. sandy, gray, fossiliferous; weathers grayish-yellow; thickness 15-60 ft. Main Street Limestone, thick ls beds, coarse grained, hard, interbedded with thin marl beds; yell-gray, white, brown; thikcness 10-20 ft. |
| Primary rock type | mudstone |
| Secondary rock type | limestone |
| Other rock types | |
| Lithologic constituents | Major
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestone (Estuarine) Sedimentary > Carbonate > Marlstone (Estuarine) |
| 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 | Bell - Bosque - Cooke - Coryell - Denton - Grayson - Hill - Johnson - McLennan - Tarrant |
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