- Usage in publication:
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- Balsora limestone
- Modifications:
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- Original reference
- Dominant lithology:
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- Limestone
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Fort Worth syncline
Summary:
Pg. 24. Balsora limestone, in Palo Pinto formation, lies 70+/- feet below Bridgeport coal and 7 to 10 feet above Sanders Bridge limestone. Thickness 0 to 4+/- feet. Named from outcrop in valley of a small stream 1 mile west of Balsora, Wise County, north-central Texas. Also occurs along Boone Creek. To northeast it lesnses out into shales. Not present in section exposed at Martin Lake. Age is Pennsylvanian.
Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 106).
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