Blounts Creek Member

Gray to green silty clays, siltstones, and silts with abundant sand beds; some lignite and lenses of black chert gravel.
State Louisiana
Name Blounts Creek Member
Geologic age Pliocene to Miocene
Lithologic constituents
Major
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mixed-clastic > Siltstone-mudstone (Bed)
Minor
Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > Sand (Bed)
Incidental
Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > Gravelblack chert gravel
Sedimentary > Coal > Lignite (Bed)
Comments Upper member of the Fleming FM.
Stratigraphic units Fleming Formation
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 Rapides - Vernon