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| State | Texas |
|---|---|
| Name | Sedwick and Moran Formations, undivided |
| Geologic age | Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Permian [Wolfcamp] |
| Original map label | Psm |
| Comments | Sedwick Fm--mudstone and sandstone, and several thin gray to tan limestone beds; mostly mudst. tan, poorly exposed, few flaggy siltst. and sandst. beds, lt-gray, tan, laminated, ripples, burrowed; contains limestone beds 2-3 ft. One sandst. 5-15 ft. thick, crossbedded, plant fossils. Limest. fine to med grained, thin beds, sandy, clayey, fossils mostly crinoid frags. gastrpods, and Myalina. Thickness of Sedwick Fm. 30-40 ft. Moran Fm. Mudstone and sandstone, mostly mudst. tan, poorly exposed; fine-grained sheet sandst. in middle part, crossbedded, locally burrowed. Camp Colorado Limestone gray to lt brn, coarse-grained, massive, bioclastic, Myalina-bearing lentils. Thickness of Moran 160-200 ft. |
| Primary rock type | mudstone |
| Secondary rock type | sandstone |
| Other rock types | limestone |
| Lithologic constituents | Major
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Claystone (Bed) Minor
Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone (Bed) Incidental
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, 1987, Wichita Falls-Lawton Sheet, Geologic Atlas of Texas: University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, scale 1:250,000. Plummer, F.B., and Moore, R.C., 1921, Stratigraphy of the Pennsylvanian formations of north-central Texas: University of Texas Bulletin 2132. |
| Geographic coverage | Shackelford - Stephens - Throckmorton - Young |
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