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  • Usage in publication:
    • Dobbs Valley Sandstone [unranked]
  • Modifications:
    • Mapped 1:250k
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Sandstone
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Fort Worth syncline
Publication:

Barnes, V.E. (project director), 1987, Geologic atlas of Texas, Dallas sheet [revision of 1972 ed.]: University of Texas-Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology Geologic Atlas of Texas, 1 sheet, [10 p., revised 1988], scale 1:250,000, Gayle Scott memorial edition


Summary:

Dobbs Valley Sandstone [unranked] in Mingus Formation of Strawn Group. Medium-grained, locally calcareous, commonly massive, reddish brown, some interbedded sandy shale. Thickness about 45 feet. Age is Middle Pennsylvanian (Desmoinesian).
[Small, isolated outcrop along western edge of map sheet, west of Weatherford, in Parker Co., eastern TX. See also adjacent Geol. Atlas Texas, Abilene sheet, 1972.]

Source: Publication.


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