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| State | Texas |
|---|---|
| Name | Ojinaga Formation |
| Geologic age | Phanerozoic | Mesozoic | Cretaceous-Late |
| Original map label | Koj |
| Comments | in Quitman Mtns, shale, black, fissile; few beds of ss and ls, thickness 2,000+ ft. In Eagle Mtns area, shale, brown and black, fissile, calcareous, in part sandy. Sandst. calcar. grayish orange, lower 150 ft mostly ls, microgranular, flaggy, fossilif. thickness 840+ft. |
| Primary rock type | shale |
| Secondary rock type | sandstone |
| Other rock types | limestone |
| Lithologic constituents | Major
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale > Black-shale (Bed) Minor
Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone (Bed) Incidental
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, 1979, Marfa Sheet, Geologic Atlas of Texas: Bureau of Economic Geology and The University of Texas at Austin, scale 1:250,000. |
| Geographic coverage | Culberson - Hudspeth - Jeff Davis - Presidio |
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