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Duff Formation, Decie Member from Paisano caldera

Duff Formation, Decie Member from Paisano caldera
StateTexas
NameDuff Formation, Decie Member from Paisano caldera
Geologic agePhanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary | Oligocene-Early
Original map labelOde
Commentsvolcanic 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 typerhyolite
Secondary rock typetrachyte
Other rock typestuff; 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 coverageBrewster - Jeff Davis - Presidio

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