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| State | Texas |
|---|---|
| Name | Dockum Group, undivided |
| Geologic age | Phanerozoic | Mesozoic | Triassic-Late |
| Original map label | TRd |
| Comments | Well exposed near town of Dockum, Dickens Co., TX. Continental redbed sequence deposited unconformably on Upper Permian (Quartermaster Fm in Tucumcari Sheet (1983). Shale, sandst., siltst., ls., and gravel; mostly shale, miceous, thinbedded, variegated; thickness up to 300 ft. or 400 ft +_ on Lubbock Sheet (1983). correlative with Chinle Fm (above) and Santa Rosa Ss (below). |
| Primary rock type | fine-grained mixed clastic |
| Secondary rock type | limestone |
| Other rock types | conglomerate |
| Lithologic constituents | Major
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale (Bed) Minor
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mixed-clastic > Sandstone-Mudstone (Bed) Incidental
Sedimentary > Clastic > Conglomerate (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, 1983, Tucumcari Sheet, Geologic Atlas of Texas, Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas at Austin, scale 1:250,000. Finch, W.I., 1988, Description of the principal reference for the Santa Rosa Formation, Chapter A, in Principal reference section for the Santa Rosa Formation. . ., Guadalupe County, New Mexico: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1804, p. 1-10. Bureau of Economic Geology, 1983, Lubbock Sheet, Geologic Atlas of Texas: University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, scale 1:250,000. Bureau of Economic Geology, 1976, Hobbs Sheet, Geologic Atlas of Texas: University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, scale 1:250,000. |
| Geographic coverage | Andrews - Armstrong - Borden - Briscoe - Coke - Crane - Crosby - Dawson - Deaf Smith - Dickens - Ector - Fisher - Floyd - Garza - Howard - Kent - Loving - Lubbock - Lynn - Martin - Midland - Mitchell - Motley - Nolan - Randall - Reeves - Scurry - Sterling - Stonewall - Upton - Ward - Winkler |
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