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Mineral Resources On-Line Spatial Data
Mineral Resources On-Line Spatial Data
| State | Texas |
|---|---|
| Name | West Nueces Formation |
| Geologic age | Phanerozoic | Mesozoic | Cretaceous-Early [Comanchean] |
| Comments | Along West Nueces River in Kinney and Uvalda Counties (Del Rio Sheet, 1977; San Antonio Sheet, 1974). Upper 80 ft limestone, fine grained, massive, miliolid and mollusc-bearing; lower 60 ft, limestone, nodular, oysters and other molluscs common; total thickness 140 ft. |
| Primary rock type | limestone |
| Secondary rock type | |
| Other rock types | |
| Lithologic constituents | Major
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestone (Bed)
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| Map references | 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 |
| Unit references | Bureau of Economic Geology, 1977, Del Rio Sheet, Geologic Atlas of Texas, University of Texas, Bureau of Economic Geology, scale 1:250,000. |
| Counties | Kinney - Uvalde |