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| State | Texas |
|---|---|
| Name | Cherry Canyon Formation |
| Geologic age | Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Permian [Guadalupe] |
| Original map label | Pcc |
| Comments | Sandstone, siltstone, and limestone. Mostly very fine-grained quartz sandstone and siltstone, mostly noncalcareous, in part shaly, mostly thin bedded, some varvelike bedding and ripple marks, irregularly bedded channel fillings common in lower two-thirds. Locally persistent thin quartzite beds in lower part. Sandy limestone in thin beds, lenses, and nodules in a few places. Limestone, thin to thick bedded, some sandstone interbeds. WESTERN APACHE MTNS.--interbedded dolomite, limestone, and fine to very fine-grained dolomitic sandstone; basal 50 ft. exposed. Thickness 1,000 ft. |
| Primary rock type | sandstone |
| Secondary rock type | siltstone |
| Other rock types | limestone; dolostone (dolomite) |
| Lithologic constituents | Major
Sedimentary > Clastic > Siltstone (Bed) Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone (Bed) Minor
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Dolostone (Bed) 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, 1968, Van Horn-El Paso Sheet, Geologic Atlas of Texas: Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin, scale 1:250,000. |
| Geographic coverage | Culberson |
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