State | Texas |
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Name | Yazoo Formation |
Geologic age | Late Eocene |
Lithologic constituents | Major
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Claystone (Bed)
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Comments | Clay, sandy, interbeds of silt and glauconitic sand with marine megafossils; lt. brownish-gray, thickness 200 ft |
References | Bureau of Economic Geology, 1967, Palestine Sheet, Geologic Atlas of Texas, Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas at Austin, scale 1:250,000.Bureau of Economic Geology, 1992, Geologic Map of Texas: University of Texas at Austin, Virgil E. Barnes, project supervisor, Hartmann, B.M. and Scranton, D.F., cartography, scale 1:500,000. |
NGMDB product | |
Counties | Sabine - San Augustine |