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| State | Texas |
|---|---|
| Name | younger volcanic rocks of Davis Mountains area including Brooks Mountain, Goat Canyon, Medley, Barrel Springs, Wild Cherry, Eppenaurer Ranch, Mount Locke, and Merrill Formations |
| Geologic age | Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary | Oligocene-Early |
| Original map label | Od |
| Comments | porphyritic trachyte, latite porphyry, vitric tuff, porphyritic rhyolite, basalt, quartz trachyite, and foliated vitrophyre. |
| Primary rock type | trachyte |
| Secondary rock type | rhyolite |
| Other rock types | tuff; latite |
| Lithologic constituents | Major
Igneous > Volcanic > Felsic-volcanic > Trachyte Minor
Igneous > Volcanic > Felsic-volcanic > Rhyolite Incidental
Igneous > Volcanic > Mafic-volcanic > Basalt Igneous > Volcanic > Felsic-volcanic > Latite |
| 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. Bureau of Economic Geology, 1968, Van Horn-El Paso Sheet, Geologic Atlas of Texas: Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin, scale 1:250,000. Henry, C.D. and McDowell, F.W., 1986, Geochronology of magmatism in the Tertiary volcanic field, Trans-Pecos, Texas, in Price, J.G. and others, eds., Igneous geology of Trans-Pecos, Texas: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology Gui Henry, C.D., McDowell, F.W., Price, J.G., and Smyth, R.E., 1986, Geochronology of Tertiary igneous rocks, Trans-Pecos, Texas, in Price, J.G. and others, eds., Igneous geology of Trans-Pecos, Texas: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Ge |
| Geographic coverage | Jeff Davis - Pecos - Presidio - Reeves |
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