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| State | Texas |
|---|---|
| Name | Georgetown Limestone |
| Geologic age | Phanerozoic | Mesozoic | Cretaceous-Early |
| Original map label | Kgt |
| Comments | Georgetown Limestone--limestone and marl; mostly limestone, fine grained, argillaceous, nodular, mod indurated, lt gray; some ls brittle and thick bedded, white; some shale, marly, soft, marine megafossils include Kingena wacoensis and Gryphaea washitaensis; thickness 30-80 ft in Austin Sheet (1974) thins southward to 10-45 ft in Seguin Sheet (1974). |
| Primary rock type | limestone |
| Secondary rock type | mudstone |
| Other rock types | |
| Lithologic constituents | Major
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Marlstone (Bed) Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestone (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, 1974, Seguin Sheet, Geologic Atlas of Texas, University of Texas, Bureau of Economic Geology, scale 1:250,000. Bureau of Economic Geology, 1974, Austin Sheet, Geologic Atlas of Texas, University of Texas, Bureau of Economic Geology, scale 1:250,000. |
| Geographic coverage | Bell - Williamson |
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