Wilcox Group (undifferentiated)

Gray to brown lignitic sands and silty to sandy lignitic clays, many seams of lignite; some limestone and glauconite.
State Louisiana
Name Wilcox Group (undifferentiated)
Geologic age Paleocene
Lithologic constituents
Major
Unconsolidated > Fine-detrital > Clay (Bed)
Sedimentary > Coal > Lignite (Bed)
Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > Sand (Bed)
Minor
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestone (Bed)
Comments Includes Carrizo Sand (Calibone Group?) outcrops.
References

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

NGMDB product
Counties Bienville - Bossier - Caddo - De Soto - Natchitoches - Red River - Sabine - Webster