Cook Mountain Formation

Greenish gray sideritic clay in upper part may weather to brown ironstone; yellow to brown clays and fossiliferous marl in lower part may weather to black soil. Ironstone concretions near base.
State Louisiana
Name Cook Mountain Formation
Geologic age Eocene
Lithologic constituents
Major
Unconsolidated > Fine-detrital > Clay (Bed)
Unconsolidated > Marl (Bed)
Incidental
Sedimentary > Chemical > Banded-iron-formation (Bed)glauconitic clay in upper part may weather to brown ironstone; ironstone concretions near base
Comments Member of the Claiborne Group
References

Snead, J.I., and Mcculloh, R.P., 1984, Geologic Map of Louisiana: Louisiana Geological Survey, scale 1:500,000.

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Counties Bienville - Bossier - Claiborne - Jackson - Lincoln - Natchitoches - Ouachita - Sabine - Union - Webster - Winn