| State | Texas |
|---|---|
| Name | Blossom Sand |
| Geologic age | Late Cretaceous; Gulfian Series |
| Lithologic constituents |
Major
Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone (Glauconitic)
Minor
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mixed-clastic > Siltstone-mudstone (Bed)
|
| Comments | Quartz sand grading west to clay. Sand, v. fine grained to fine grained, calcar, glauconitic, ferruginous, calcar concretions and septaria, thin clay interbeds, brown. Clay, silty, calcareous, interbeds of silt; marine megafossils scarce. Thickness 20 ft. feathers out west in Fannin Co. |
| References | Bureau of Economic Geology, 1967, Sherman Sheet, Geologic Atlas of Texas: University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, 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 | Fannin - Lamar - Red River |