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| State | Texas |
|---|---|
| Name | Tecovas Formation |
| Geologic age | Phanerozoic | Mesozoic | Triassic-Late |
| Original map label | TRv |
| Comments | Shale, clay, siltstone, and sand. Shale, clay, siltst. sandy in places, micaceous, calcareous locally, reddish-brown, various shades of red, maroon, gray, greenish-gray, yellow, and purple. Sand, fine to med-grained quartz; locally large petrified logs, unconsolidated, massive, lenticular, white, lt-gray. Thickness of formation 125 ft. |
| Primary rock type | fine-grained mixed clastic |
| Secondary rock type | sandstone |
| Other rock types | |
| Lithologic constituents | Major
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mixed-clastic > Siltstone-Mudstone (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. |
| Geographic coverage | Hartley - Moore - Oldham - Potter |
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