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| State | Texas |
|---|---|
| Name | Willow Point Formation |
| Geologic age | Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Carboniferous Pennsylvanian-Late [Missouri] |
| Original map label | IPwp |
| Comments | mapped as a formation on State Geologic Map of Texas, 1992. On the Sherman Sheet of Geologic Atlas of Texas (1967) this unit is "unranked limestone unit mapped separately at top of Palo Pinto Formation south and east of Lake Bridgeport in SW Wise Co., TX (Fort Worth syncline)". Limestone, aphanitic, snady and oolitic in southwest Wise Co., hard, thin to thick bedded, lt. olive gray; forms distinct bench; marine megafossils, thickness 2-7 ft |
| Primary rock type | limestone |
| Secondary rock type | |
| Other rock types | |
| Lithologic constituents | Major
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestone (Bed) |
| 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, 1967, Sherman Sheet, Geologic Atlas of Texas: University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, scale 1:250,000. |
| Geographic coverage | Wise |
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