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Wolfe City Formation

Wolfe City Formation
StateTexas
NameWolfe City Formation
Geologic agePhanerozoic | Mesozoic | Cretaceous-Late [Gulfian]
Original map labelKwc
CommentsUpper part, sand and silt, sand v fine grained, calcar. , sandy clacar concretions locally abdt in discontinuous beds, med yell-gray; marine megafossils, Lower part, calcareous mudstone. Thickness 75 ft.
Primary rock typesand
Secondary rock typesilt
Other rock typesmudstone
Lithologic constituents
Major
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mixed-clastic > Sandstone-mudstone (Calcareous)
Minor
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Claystone (Calcareous)
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 coverageCollin - Dallas - Delta - Ellis - Falls - Fannin - Hill - Hunt - Kaufman - Lamar - Limestone - McLennan - Navarro - Rockwall

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