| State | Texas |
|---|---|
| Name | Yearwood Formation |
| Geologic age | Early Cretaceous |
| Lithologic constituents |
Major
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestone (Bed)
Minor
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale > Black-shale (Bed)
Incidental
Sedimentary > Clastic > Conglomerate (Bed)
|
| Comments | Limestone and interbedded shale, thin to thick bedded, light gray, conglomerate as much as 55 ft thick at base; thickness 160 ft, feathers out northward. |
| References | Bureau of Economic Geology, 1968, Van Horn-El Paso Sheet, Geologic Atlas of Texas: Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin, scale 1:250,000.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 | |
| Counties | Culberson |