- Usage in publication:
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- Ramey Gravel*
- Modifications:
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- Named
- Dominant lithology:
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- Gravel
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Permian basin
Summary:
Named as a formation (1 of 5) of gravel of Quaternary age on surfaces of erosion in Hudspeth Co, TX in the Permian basin. Type locality designated 1 mi northeast of Ramey Station on Southern Pacific railroad track. Consists of a gravel of limestone, sandstone, quartzite, conglomerate, and extrusive and intrusive igneous rock fragments; many basalt pebbles and cobbles southwest of basalt hills near U.S. Hwy 80. Size and shape of fragments are sand to boulders, angular to subrounded with some clay and silt. Ranges in thickness from 1 to 25 ft. Lies 10 to 70 ft above arroyos. Overlies Gills Gravel (new); underlies Balluco Gravel (new). Stratigraphic table. Geologic maps.
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Denver GNULEX).
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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