Buda Limestone and Eagle Mountain Sandstone, undivided (TXKbe;0)

State	Texas
Name	Buda Limestone and Eagle Mountain Sandstone, undivided
Geologic age	Late Cretaceous
Lithologic constituents	Major Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestone (Bed) Minor Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone (Bed) Sedimentary > Carbonate > Marlstone (Bed)
Comments	Mapped in Quitman and Van Horn Mtns., south Hudspeth and Culberson Cos., TX. Buda Ls--upper part-- thin to thick beds, resistant, few chert nodules; middle--interbedded gray ls, marl, and calc shale, limonite nodules; lower--fossilif., aphanitic ls, thin to thick beds; formation is 200-350 ft thick. Eagle Mountain Sandstone--about 70-130 ft of interbedded brown sandst. brown, shale, siltstone, and sandy limestone. Sandst. v. fine grained quartz, calcareous, ferruginous, crossbedded in part, thin bedded, yell-brn; some beds of limestone and olive-gray shale.
References	Gillerman, Elliot, 1953, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 987, p. 11 https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/b987 Twiss, P.C., 1959, Texas University Bureau of Economic Geology Quadrangle Map 23. Bureau of Economic Geology, 1979, Marfa Sheet, Geologic Atlas of Texas: Bureau of Economic Geology and The 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	NGMDB product page for 68390
Counties	Culberson - Hudspeth - Jeff Davis

State

Texas

Name

Buda Limestone and Eagle Mountain Sandstone, undivided

Geologic age

Late Cretaceous

Lithologic constituents

Major

Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestone (Bed)

Minor

Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone (Bed)

Sedimentary > Carbonate > Marlstone (Bed)

Comments

Mapped in Quitman and Van Horn Mtns., south Hudspeth and Culberson Cos., TX. Buda Ls--upper part-- thin to thick beds, resistant, few chert nodules; middle--interbedded gray ls, marl, and calc shale, limonite nodules; lower--fossilif., aphanitic ls, thin to thick beds; formation is 200-350 ft thick. Eagle Mountain Sandstone--about 70-130 ft of interbedded brown sandst. brown, shale, siltstone, and sandy limestone. Sandst. v. fine grained quartz, calcareous, ferruginous, crossbedded in part, thin bedded, yell-brn; some beds of limestone and olive-gray shale.

References

Gillerman, Elliot, 1953, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 987, p. 11

https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/b987

Twiss, P.C., 1959, Texas University Bureau of Economic Geology Quadrangle Map 23.

Bureau of Economic Geology, 1979, Marfa Sheet, Geologic Atlas of Texas: Bureau of Economic Geology and The 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

NGMDB product page for 68390

Counties

Culberson - Hudspeth - Jeff Davis