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Mississippi, Devonian, and Ordovician rocks, undivided

Mississippi, Devonian, and Ordovician rocks, undivided
StateTexas
NameMississippi, Devonian, and Ordovician rocks, undivided
Geologic agePhanerozoic | Paleozoic | Ordovician Devonian Carboniferous Mississippian
Original map labelMDO
Commentson west side of Solitario Uplift (southeast edge of Presidio Co.) includes Caballos Novaculite and Maravillas Fm.; in Tinaja Mtns (south edge of Marathon anticlinorium) includes various combinations of Caballos Novaculite, Maravillas Fm., Woods Hollow Shale, Fort Pena Fm., and upper part of Marathon Limestone.
Primary rock typenovaculite
Secondary rock typelimestone
Other rock typeschert; shale
Lithologic constituents
Major
Sedimentary > Chemical > Novaculite (Bed)
Minor
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale (Bed)
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestone (Bed)
Sedimentary > Chemical > Chert (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, Emory Peak--Presidio Sheet, Geologic Atlas of Texas, University of Texas at Austin.
Geographic coveragePresidio

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