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Geologic units in Wheeler county, Texas

sand sheet deposits (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Quaternary | Holocene) at surface, covers 64 % of this area

sand sheet deposits

Lithology: sand; silt

Quartermaster Formation and Whitehorse Group, undivided (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Permian [Guadalupe]) at surface, covers 20 % of this area

Quartermaster Formation and Whitehorse Group, undivided

Lithology: mixed clastic/carbonate; evaporite

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

alluvium

Lithology: sand; silt; clay or mud; gravel

Ogallala Formation (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary | Pliocene Miocene) at surface, covers 5 % of this area

Ogallala Formation

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

dune sand sheet deposits (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Quaternary | Holocene) at surface, covers 5 % of this area

dune sand sheet deposits

Lithology: sand; silt

Blackwater Draw Formation (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Quaternary | Pleistocene) at surface, covers 0.4 % of this area

Blackwater Draw Formation

Lithology: sand; silt; clay or mud

Quaternary deposit, undivided (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Quaternary) at surface, covers 0.4 % 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

Terrace deposits (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Quaternary | Pleistocene Holocene) at surface, covers 0.2 % of this area

Terrace deposits

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