| State | Texas |
|---|---|
| Name | Salmon Peak Limestone |
| Geologic age | Early Cretaceous |
| Lithologic constituents |
Major
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestone (Bed)
Minor
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale (Bed)
|
| Comments | Limestone, upper 75 ft granular, abundant caprinid and other shell fragments, crossbedded; lower part, Globigerina mudstone, abundant large chert masses, white; total thickness 380 ft on San Antonio Sheet (1974), reported 310 ft thick on Del Rio Sheet (1977).. |
| References | Bureau of Economic Geology, 1974, San Antonio Sheet, Geologic Atlas of Texas, University of Texas, Bureau of Economic Geology, scale 1:250,000.Bureau of Economic Geology, 1977, Del Rio Sheet, Geologic Atlas of Texas, University of Texas, 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 | Edwards - Kinney - Uvalde - Val Verde |