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Geologic units in Dickens county, Texas

Lingos Formation (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Quaternary | Pleistocene-Middle(?) Pleistocene-Late(?) Holocene) at surface, covers 37 % of this area

Lingos Formation

Lithology: sand; gravel; clay or mud; silt

Ogallala Formation (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary | Pliocene Miocene) at surface, covers 28 % of this area

Ogallala Formation

Lithology: sand; silt; clay or mud; gravel; carbonate

Quartermaster Formation (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Permian [Guadalupe]) at surface, covers 14 % of this area

Quartermaster Formation

Lithology: shale; sandstone; evaporite; dolostone (dolomite)

sand sheet deposits (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Quaternary | Holocene) at surface, covers 9 % of this area

sand sheet deposits

Lithology: sand; silt

alluvium (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Quaternary | Holocene) at surface, covers 5 % of this area

alluvium

Lithology: sand; silt; clay or mud; gravel

Terrace deposits (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Quaternary | Pleistocene Holocene) at surface, covers 4 % of this area

Terrace deposits

Lithology: terrace; sand; gravel; silt; clay or mud

Dockum Group, undivided (Phanerozoic | Mesozoic | Triassic-Late) at surface, covers 3 % of this area

Dockum Group

Lithology: fine-grained mixed clastic; limestone; conglomerate

playa deposits (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Quaternary | Pleistocene Holocene) at surface, covers 0.8 % of this area

playa deposits

Lithology: clay or mud; silt

Quaternary deposit, undivided (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Quaternary) at surface, covers 0.6 % of this area

sand, silt, clay, and gravel. locally indurated with calcium carbonate (caliche); includes point bar, natural levee, stream channel, sand dune, terrace, alluvial fan, landslide bolson and playa deposits

Lithology: sand ; silt ; clay or mud; gravel; carbonate