| State | Texas |
|---|---|
| Name | Whitehorse Group, undivided |
| Geologic age | Permian; Guadalupe Series |
| Lithologic constituents |
Major
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale (Bed)
Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone (Bed)
Minor
Sedimentary > Chemical > Evaporite > Gypsum (Bed)
Incidental
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Dolostone (Bed)
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| Comments | Sandstone, sand, shale, gypsum, selenite, and dolomite, interbedded Sandst and sand fine-grain quartz, silty, locally gypsiferous, thin bedded -massive, shades of red mottled green. Shale sandy, massive, red. gypsum thin bedded - massive, white, pink. Dolomite, thin discont. beds assoc. with gypsum, gray. maximum thickness 650 ft on Big Spring Sheet, 350-700 ft thick on Plainview Sheet. |
| Stratigraphic units | Claytonville Dolomite, Eskota Gypsum, Childress Dolomite |
| References | Bureau of Economic Geology, 1968, Plainview Sheet, Geologic Atlas of Texas, Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas at Austin, scale 1:250,000.Bureau of Economic Geology, 1974, Big Spring Sheet, Geologic Atlas of Texas: University of Texas at Austin, 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 | Armstrong - Briscoe - Childress - Coke - Collingsworth - Cottle - Dickens - Donley - Fisher - Hall - Irion - Kent - King - Mitchell - Motley - Nolan - Scurry - Stonewall - Tom Green |