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Nacatoch Sand

Nacatoch Sand
StateTexas
NameNacatoch Sand
Geologic agePhanerozoic | Mesozoic | Cretaceous-Late [Gulfian]
Original map labelKns
Commentsquartz sand, fine grained, poorly sorted, friable, silty, glauconitic, local lenses of silty clay, compact, lt. gray to greenish-gray; thin calcar. sandst. beds; marine megafossils. Thickness 250+-ft. mapped on Dallas Sheet (1972).
Primary rock typeclay or mud
Secondary rock typesand
Other rock typessandstone
Lithologic constituents
Major
Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone (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, 1972, Dallas sheet, Geologic Atlas of Texas, Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas at Austin, scale 1:250,000.
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 coverageFalls - Hunt - Kaufman - Limestone - Milam - Navarro - Rockwall

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