- Usage in publication:
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- Camp Springs conglomerate
- Modifications:
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- Original reference
- Dominant lithology:
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- Conglomerate
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Permian basin
Summary:
Pg. 16-17. Camp Springs conglomerate. Basal formation of Triassic in area mapped [northwestern Texas (Coke County northward to Oklahoma line)], consisting of a coarse conglomerate, brownish wherever exposed, due mainly to preponderance of brown quartz and chert pebbles. Contains much fossilized wood, in some instances whole tree trunks from 6 inches to 2 feet diameter and 6 inches to 10 feet long; also many bone fragments, especially from vertebrae of reptiles. Rests on Double Mountain group with slight angular unconformity. Age is Triassic.
Best exposed at Camp Springs, near center of east line of Scurry Co., northwestern TX.
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