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  • Usage in publication:
    • Burt Ranch Member
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Limestone
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Permian basin
Publication:

Rose, P.R., 1972, Edwards Group, surface and subsurface, central Texas: University of Texas-Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology Report of Investigations, no. 74, 198 p.


Summary:

Pg. 35. Burt Ranch Member of Segovia Formation [of Edwards Group]. Chiefly marly limestone. Thickness 18 m at type section. Overlies Fort Terrett Formation of Edwards Group; underlies Allen Ranch Member of Segovia Formation. Age is Early Cretaceous (Comanchean).
Type section: Locality 9 on Chalk Creek, 17.7 km south of Junction, part of old Dr. Fred Burt Ranch, Kimble Co., TX.

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