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  • Usage in publication:
    • Meek Bend limestone bed
  • Modifications:
    • 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. 15, fig. 3, pl. 1. Meek Bend limestone bed of Hill Creek member of Lazy Bend formation. Reallocated and rank reduced to status of bed in Hill Creek member of Lazy Bend formation. Fine- to medium-crystalline limestone. Commonly gray with some beds light mottle brown. Thin, flaggy to massive. Maximum thickness 12 feet. Separated from Dennis Bridge limestone bed (at base of Hill Creek) by unnamed interval of shale and sandstone. Underlies Steussy shale member. Age is Pennsylvanian. Type section established.
Type section: in scarp northwest of Hill Creek about 1.5 mi southwest of mouth of Hill Creek. Limestone forms top of irregular scarp extending from Brazos River southwestward to Cretaceous rocks near southwest corner of Parker Co., north-central TX. Limestones that crop out near Meek Bend are Brannon Bridge limestones higher in section. Named from Meek Bend of Brazos River.

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