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Geologic Unit: Sycamore
Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Sycamore sands
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Sand
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Llano uplift
Publication:

Hill, R.T., 1901, Geography and geology of the Black and Grand Prairies, Texas: U.S. Geological Survey Annual Report, 21, pt. 7, 666 p. [Available online from the USGS PubsWarehouse: http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/pubs/ar/ar21_7]


Summary:

Pg. 141, 142. Sycamore sands. At base conglomerate of well-rounded pebbles of Paleozoic limestone, quartz, chert, granite, and schist, embedded in ferruginous yellow and red gritty sand; passes upward into angular cross-bedded sand, which becomes finer toward top until it reaches condition known as "pack sand." Thickness 50 feet. Basal member of Travis Peak formation in Burnet County. Underlies Cow Creek beds and overlies Carboniferous. Age is Early Cretaceous (Comanche).
Named from exposures on Sycamore Creek, Burnet Co., central TX.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 2102).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Sycamore member
  • Modifications:
    • Areal extent
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Llano uplift
Publication:

Cuyler, R.H., 1939, Travis Peak formation of central Texas: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 23, no. 5, p. 625-642. [Available online, with subscription, from AAPG archives: http://www.aapg.org/datasystems or http://search.datapages.com]


Summary:

Pg. 631-632. Sycamore member of Travis Peak formation. Member consists primarily of sands and conglomerates. Thickness 30 to 90 feet. Underlies Cow Creek member. Hill's Sycamore has priority over Taff's Sycamore limestone in Mississippian of Oklahoma. Age is Early Cretaceous (Comanche).

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 3796-3797).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Sycamore sand member
  • Modifications:
    • Areal extent
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Llano uplift
Publication:

Barnes, V.E., 1948, Ouachita facies in central Texas: University of Texas-Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology Report of Investigations, no. 2, 12 p.


Summary:

Pg. 5, 6-7 (fig. 1), 8. Sycamore sand member of Travis Peak formation. Marble Falls limestone and Smithwick shale are truncated, and deposited across them is massive conglomerate of Cretaceous age belonging to Sycamore sand member of Travis Peak formation. Age is Early Cretaceous (Comanche).

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 3796-3797).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Sycamore sand
  • Modifications:
    • Revised
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Llano uplift
Publication:

Lozo, F.E., and Stricklin, F.L., Jr., 1956, Stratigraphic notes on the outcrop basal Cretaceous, central Texas: Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions, v. 6, p. 67-78. [Available online, with subscription, from AAPG archives: http://www.aapg.org/datasystems or http://search.datapages.com]


Summary:

Pg. 69, figs. Referred to as Sycamore sand. Cartographic rock unit ordinarily mapped with the Sycamore but originally included in Hill's definition of Cow Creek beds is distinct unit between Sycamore sands below and Cow Creek limestone above. It is here named Hammet shale. Age of Sycamore is Early Cretaceous (Comanche).

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 3796-3797).


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