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  • Usage in publication:
    • Orr Ranch Bed
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Limestone
    • Marl
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Kerr basin
Publication:

Rose, P.R., 1972, Edwards Group, surface and subsurface, central Texas: University of Texas-Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology Report of Investigations, no. 74, 198 p.


Summary:

Pg. 42, 167, 188. Orr Ranch Bed of Segovia Formation [of Edwards Group]. Chiefly limestone and marl. Color is grayish-brown. Thickness 2 m at type locality. Overlies and underlies unnamed units of Segovia Formation.
Type locality: Orr Ranch measured section, W.E. Orr Ranch, north Real Co., central TX.

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