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Perdiz Conglomerate, Tascotal Formation, and tuffaceous sediments of Fresno Formation

Perdiz Conglomerate, Tascotal Formation, and tuffaceous sediments of Fresno Formation
StateTexas
NamePerdiz Conglomerate, Tascotal Formation, and tuffaceous sediments of Fresno Formation
Geologic agePhanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary | Oligocene
Original map labelOpf
CommentsPerdiz --weakly cemented fanglomerate of variable composition (dominantly of rocks of the Chinati Mountains caldera) shed mostly eastward from Chinati Mountains; occupies high plains north and east of Infiernito caldera; Clasts as much as 1 m in diameter and includes clasts from the Infiernito caldera in the north; unit is about 500 ft thick; Tascotal -- tuffaceous sediments that overlie the Mitchell Mesa Rhyolite and form a widespread blanket around the Chinati Mtns, including fan apron and eolian facies. Upper part sandstone, tuffaceous sandstone, and conglomerate; thickness about 800 ft, Fresno--interbedded sedimentary materials and flows; includes ash-flow tuff, eolian tuff, eolian tuffaceous sandstone.
Primary rock typesandstone
Secondary rock typeconglomerate
Other rock typesash-flow tuff; mudstone
Lithologic constituents
Major
Sedimentary > Clastic > Conglomerate (Tuffaceous)
Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone (Tuffaceous)
Incidental
Igneous > Volcanic > Felsic-volcanic (Pyroclastic, tuff)ash-flow tuff and tuffaceous sediments
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.
Walton, A.W., 1986, Volcaniclastic-sedimentary record of the Chinati volcanic center--the Buck Hill and Vieja Groups in Price, J.G, Henry, C.D., Parker D.F., and Barker, D.S., eds., Igneous geology of Trans-Pecos Texas, field trip guide and research arti
Geographic coverageBrewster - Jeff Davis - Presidio

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