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| State | Texas |
|---|---|
| Name | Quaternary-Tertiary bolson deposits |
| Geologic age | Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary Quaternary | Pliocene Pleistocene |
| Original map label | QTb |
| Comments | clay, silt, sandstone, and conglomerate; mostly clay, silt, and gypsiferous fine-grained sandst. in central part of Presidio bolson, coarsens toward margins where lenses of pebble to boulder conglomerate are common, mostly pale red to lt. brown; thickness up to 2,000 ft. |
| Primary rock type | clay or mud |
| Secondary rock type | silt |
| Other rock types | sandstone; conglomerate |
| Lithologic constituents | Major
Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > Sand (Bed) Unconsolidated > Fine-detrital (Bed) Incidental
Sedimentary > Clastic > Conglomerate (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, 1979, Emory Peak--Presidio Sheet, Geologic Atlas of Texas, University of Texas at Austin. |
| Geographic coverage | Brewster - Culberson - El Paso - Hudspeth - Jeff Davis - Presidio - Reeves |
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