State | Texas |
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Name | Frio Clay |
Geologic age | Oligocene |
Lithologic constituents | Major
Unconsolidated > Fine-detrital > Clay
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Comments | clay, dark greenish-gray, massive, some gypsum and calcareous concretions; thickness about 200 ft feathers out northward on Crystal City-Eagle Pass Sheet (1976). |
References | Bureau of Economic Geology, 1976, Crystal City-Eagle Pass 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 | Duval - Live Oak - McMullen - Webb |