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Hueco Limestone

Hueco Limestone
StateTexas
NameHueco Limestone
Geologic agePhanerozoic | Paleozoic | Permian [Wolfcamp]
Original map labelPh
CommentsLimestone, dolomite, sandstone, shale, mudstone, and conglomerate. Maximum thickness 1,500 ft. Exposed in Hueco Mountains, Franklin Mtns, Cornudas Mtns, Sixteen Mtns and Sierra Tinaja Pinta and Sierra Diablo area. Also from 0-200 ft of cherty limestone exposed in Wylie and Eagle Mountains.
Primary rock typelimestone
Secondary rock typedolostone (dolomite)
Other rock typessandstone; shale; mudstone; conglomerate
Lithologic constituents
Major
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestone (Bed)
Minor
Sedimentary > Clastic > Conglomerate (Bed)
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mixed-clastic > Siltstone-Mudstone (Bed)
Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone (Bed)
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Dolostone (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 coverageCulberson - El Paso - Hudspeth

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