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| State | Texas |
|---|---|
| Name | Perdiz Conglomerate, Tascotal Formation, and tuffaceous sediments of Fresno Formation |
| Geologic age | Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary | Oligocene |
| Original map label | Opf |
| Comments | Perdiz --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 type | sandstone |
| Secondary rock type | conglomerate |
| Other rock types | ash-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 coverage | Brewster - Jeff Davis - Presidio |
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