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| State | Texas |
|---|---|
| Name | Mississippi, Devonian, and Ordovician rocks, undivided |
| Geologic age | Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Ordovician Devonian Carboniferous Mississippian |
| Original map label | MDO |
| Comments | on 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 type | novaculite |
| Secondary rock type | limestone |
| Other rock types | chert; 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 coverage | Presidio |
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