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| State | Texas |
|---|---|
| Name | Maxon Sandstone and Bissett Conglomerate, undivided |
| Geologic age | Phanerozoic | Mesozoic | Cretaceous-Early |
| Original map label | Ktb |
| Comments | Conglomerate and sandstone in Brewster Co. and Marathon Uplift and Glass Mountains. Bissett Conglo. pebbles of ls., dolo., and quartz; some interbeds of ls and brn-yell shale; thickness as much as 700ft. Maxon Ss fine grained, calcareous, well cemented to friable, massive to bedded; limestone nodular to bedded, hard to soft. thickness of Maxon Ss 114 ft in area of Santiago Mtns, feathers out east and south short of Big Bend Natl Park and Black Gap area. |
| Primary rock type | sandstone |
| Secondary rock type | limestone |
| Other rock types | |
| Lithologic constituents | Major
Sedimentary > Clastic > Conglomerate (Bed) Minor
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, 1982, Fort Stockton Sheet, Geologic Atlas of Texas, University of Texas at Austin, scale 1:250,000. |
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