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  • Usage in publication:
    • Campagrande formation
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Limestone
    • Conglomerate
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Permian basin
Publication:

Richardson, G.B., 1904, Report of a reconnaissance in Trans-Pecos Texas north of the Texas and Pacific Railway: University of Texas, Mineral Survey Bulletin, no. 9, 119 p., (incl. geologic map)


Summary:

Pg. 47, geol. map. Campagrande formation of Fredericksburg group. Limestone conglomerate, 25 feet thick, overlain by 350 feet of gray limestone, generally massive but locally containing nonpersistent thin-bedded limestone grading into shale. Basal formation of Fredericksburg group. Underlies Cox formation and unconformably overlies Hueco formation [Pennsylvanian] in central part of Finlay Mountains. Age is Early Cretaceous (Comanche).
Named from Campagrande Draw, in Finlay Mountains, El Paso Co. [now in Hudspeth Co.], western TX.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 324-325).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Campagrande formation
  • Modifications:
    • Revised
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Permian basin
Publication:

Baker, C.L., 1927, Exploratory geology of a part of southwestern Trans-Pecos, Texas: University of Texas Bulletin, no. 2745, 70 p., (incl. geologic map, scale 1:250,000)


Summary:

Transferred this formation to Trinity group. Age is Early Cretaceous (Comanche).

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 324-325).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Campagrande limestone
  • Modifications:
    • Revised
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Limestone
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Permian basin
Publication:

King, P.B., and Flawn, P.T., 1953, Geology and mineral deposits of pre-Cambrian rocks of the Van Horn area, Texas: University of Texas-Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology Publication, no. 5301, 218 p., (incl. geologic maps, scale 1:24,000)


Summary:

King, P.B., 1953, IN King, P.B., and Flawn, P.T., Univ. Texas Bur. Econ. Geol. Pub., no. 5301, p. 99-100, pls. 1, 3. Referred to as Campagrande limestone. In Van Horn area, made up of several beds of massive ledge-making light-gray limestone, in part sandy or conglomeratic, and of nodular limestone and marl; at base is conglomerate containing chert and limestone fragments largely derived from the Hueco limestone. Thickness in Streeruwitz Hills 100 to 140 feet; in other areas 30 to 60 feet. Underlies Cox sandstone. Age is Early Cretaceous (Comanche).

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 324-325).


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