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  • Usage in publication:
    • Dennis Bridge limestone
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Limestone
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Fort Worth syncline
Publication:

Sellards, E.H., 1933, The pre-Paleozoic and Paleozoic systems in Texas, Part 1, IN Sellards, E.H., Adkins, W.S., and Plummer, F.B, The geology of Texas; Volume 1, Stratigraphy: University of Texas Bulletin, no. 3232, p. 15-238., Published July, 1933


Summary:

Pg. 106, 107. Dennis Bridge limestone in Millsap Lake formation. From manuscript [unpub.] of report by G. Scott and J.M. Armstrong on geology of Parker County [north-central Texas]. Age is Pennsylvanian. (See 1933 entry under Millsap Lake formation.) Type locality not stated.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 597).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Dennis Bridge limestone
  • Modifications:
    • Revised
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Bend arch
Publication:

Plummer, F.B., and Hornberger, Joseph, Jr., 1936, Geology of Palo Pinto County, Texas: University of Texas Bulletin, no. 3534, 240 p., (incl. geologic map)


Summary:

Pg. 15, 16. Dennis Bridge limestone included in Lazy Bend member of Millsap Lake formation by G. Scott and J.M. Armstrong [unpub. ms.]. It is 10 feet thick and lies at base of the section conspicuously exposed on the Brazos at south end of the bridge at Dennis, Parker County, north-central Texas. Age is Pennsylvanian.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 597).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Dennis Bridge limestone member
  • Modifications:
    • Revised
Publication:

Cheney, M.G., 1940, Geology of north-central Texas: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 24, no. 1, p. 65-118. [Available online, with subscription, from AAPG archives: http://www.aapg.org/datasystems or http://search.datapages.com]


Summary:

Pg. 66 (fig. 1). Dennis Bridge limestone member of Lazy Bend formation. Rank raised. Occurs between Brannon Bridge limestone member (above) and Kickapoo Falls member (below). Age is Pennsylvanian.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 1091).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Dennis Bridge limestone
  • Modifications:
    • Revised
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Fort Worth syncline
Publication:

Cheney, M.G., 1947, Pennsylvanian classification and correlation problems in north-central Texas, IN Symposium on Pennsylvanian Problems: Journal of Geology, v. 55, no. 3, pt. 2, p. 202-219.


Summary:

Pg. 210. Dennis Bridge limestone. Reallocated to Rayville formation of Kickapoo Creek group (both new). Age is Pennsylvanian (Lampassas). [Some reports place Kickapoo Creek group in Strawn Series.]

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 1091, 2005-2006, 3209).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Dennis Bridge limestone bed
  • Modifications:
    • Principal reference
    • Revised
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Fort Worth syncline
Publication:

Hendricks, C.L., 1957, Geology of Parker County, Texas: University of Texas Publication, no. 5724, 67 p.


Summary:

Pg. 14, fig. 3. Dennis Bridge limestone bed of Hill Creek member of Lazy Bend formation. Rank reduced. Occurs at base of member. At type locality, overlain by 3 feet of shale; along strike, bed is covered by alluvium and Cretaceous rocks. Age is Pennsylvanian. Type locality established.
Type locality: outcrops at end of bridge over Brazos River at Dennis in southwestern part of Parker County, north-central Texas. Exposure extends westward along the Brazos for 0.25 mi to valley of tributary; basal 3 feet is exposed in small outcrop in stream bank 0.5 mi east of south end of bridge at Dennis; these are the only surface occurrences of the limestone.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 1091).


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