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Ordovician rocks, undivided

Ordovician rocks, undivided
StateTexas
NameOrdovician rocks, undivided
Geologic agePhanerozoic | Paleozoic| Ordovician
Original map labelO
Commentsincludes Woods Hollow Shale, Fort Pena Formation, and upper parta of Marathon Limestone northwest side of The Solitario, east edge of Presidio County
Primary rock typelimestone
Secondary rock typeshale
Other rock types
Lithologic constituents
Major
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale (Bed)
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestone (Bed)
Minor
Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone (Bed)
Incidental
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 coverageBrewster - Presidio

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