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| State | Texas |
|---|---|
| Name | Kincaid Formation |
| Geologic age | Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary | Paleocene |
| Original map label | PAk |
| Comments | Kincaid Fm-- upper part (Pisgah Member) sand and clay; sand, glauconitic, poorly sorted, clayey; clay, sandy, silty, med. gray to black; lower part (Littig Member) sand and clay; sand v. glauconitic, greenish black; clay sandy, phosphatic nodules and pebbles; thickness 150 +-ft. In East Texas and Gulf Coast to Rio Grande: Mostly clay, calcareous, glauconitic, selenitic, in part silty and sandy, locally phosphatic near base, some thin beds of hard, gray limestone in upper part, various shades of gray; marine megafossils; thickness 150 ft +- |
| Primary rock type | sand |
| Secondary rock type | clay or mud |
| Other rock types | limestone |
| Lithologic constituents | Major
Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > Sand (Bed) Unconsolidated > Fine-detrital > Clay (Bed) Incidental
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestone (Bed) Unconsolidated > Fine-detrital > Silt (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, 1974, Seguin Sheet, Geologic Atlas of Texas, University of Texas, Bureau of Economic Geology, scale 1:250,000. Bureau of Economic Geology, 1972, Dallas sheet, Geologic Atlas of Texas, Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas at Austin, scale 1:250,000. Bureau of Economic Geology, 1966, Texarkana Sheet, Geologic Atlas of Texas, University of Texas, Bureau of Economic Geology, scale 1:250,000. Bureau of Economic Geology, 1967, Sherman Sheet, Geologic Atlas of Texas: University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, scale 1:250,000. Bureau of Economic Geology, 1974, San Antonio Sheet, Geologic Atlas of Texas, University of Texas, Bureau of Economic Geology, scale 1:250,000. |
| Geographic coverage | Delta - Dimmit - Falls - Henderson - Hopkins - Hunt - Kaufman - Leon - Limestone - Maverick - Navarro - Rains - Uvalde - Van Zandt - Zavala |
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