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| State | Texas |
|---|---|
| Name | Duff Formation, Decie Member from Paisano caldera |
| Geologic age | Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary | Oligocene-Early |
| Original map label | Ode |
| Comments | volcanic rock from Paisano volcano, 5 units, young to old: 1) lava, agglomeratic tuff, conglomerate, ash-flow tuff. 2) ash-flow tuff. 3) aphyric to sl. porphyritic quartz trachyte 4) yellow aggomeratic tuff interlayered with two minor quartz trachyte ash-flow sheets 5) rhyolite lava |
| Primary rock type | rhyolite |
| Secondary rock type | trachyte |
| Other rock types | tuff; conglomerate |
| Lithologic constituents | Major
Igneous > Volcanic > Felsic-volcanic > Trachyte Minor
Igneous > Volcanic > Felsic-volcanic (Pyroclastic, ash-flow) Incidental
Sedimentary > Clastic > Conglomerate |
| 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. |
| Geographic coverage | Brewster - Jeff Davis - Presidio |
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