| State | Texas |
|---|---|
| Name | Mingus Formation |
| Geologic age | Pennsylvanian; Des Moines Series |
| Lithologic constituents | Major
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale > Black-shale (Bed)
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| Comments | from top to bottom: Goen Limestone, increasingly sandy southwestward (in Abilene Sheet) forms discontinuous lentisl at approx. same stratigraphic position, crinoid columnals, brachiopods, and corals locally abdt. gray to tan, thickness up to 2 ft. Dobbs Valley Sandstone, med. grained, locally calcareous, commonly massive, reddish-brown, outrp discontinuous, some interbedded sandy shales, forms scarp, thickness up to 45 ft. Santoi Limestone, dk. gray, fusulinids abdt., thickness 2-4 ft. Thickness of Mingus Formation (redefined) about 230 ft |
| Stratigraphic units | Goen Limestone, Dobbs Valley Sandstone, Santo Limestone, Strawn Group |
| References | Bureau of Economic Geology, 1972, Abilene sheet, Geologic Atlas of Texas, Bureau of Economic Geology, 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. |
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| Counties | Eastland - El Paso - Erath - Hudspeth - Palo Pinto - Parker |