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Geologic Unit: Uvalde
Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Uvalde Gravel
  • Modifications:
    • Mapped 1:250k
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Gravel
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Gulf Coast basin
Publication:

Barnes, V.E. (project director), 1976, Geologic atlas of Texas, Crystal City-Eagle Pass sheet: University of Texas-Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology Geologic Atlas of Texas, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000, Dolan Hoye Eargle memorial edition


Summary:

Uvalde Gravel. Caliche-cemented gravel; well-rounded pebbles and cobbles of chert, some pebbles and cobbles of quartz and igneous rocks. Thickness up to about 30 feet, occurs in part as lag gravel. Lies above Goliad Formation (Pliocene) and below Deweyville Formation (Pleistocene). Age is Pliocene or Pleistocene.
[Mapped mostly in western and northern parts of the map sheet.]

Source: Publication.


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Uvalde Gravel
  • Modifications:
    • Mapped 1:250k
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Gravel
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Gulf Coast basin
    • Ouachita folded belt
    • Permian basin
Publication:

Barnes, V.E. (project director), 1977, Geologic atlas of Texas, Del Rio sheet: University of Texas-Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology Geologic Atlas of Texas, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000, Robert Thomas Hill memorial edition


Summary:

Is Pliocene or Pleistocene formation mapped in southeastern Val Verde Co, TX (Permian basin), southwestern Kinney Co, TX (Ouachita tectonic belt province), and northwestern Maverick Co, TX (Gulf Coast basin). Overlies various Lower and Upper Cretaceous units. Map unit described as caliche-cemented gravel; some boulders up to 1 ft diameter; well-rounded cobbles of chert, some cobbles of quartz, limestone, and igneous rocks; occupies topographically high areas not associated with present drainage; thickness ranges from several ft of gravel lag to 30+/-ft.

Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Denver GNULEX).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Uvalde Gravel
  • Modifications:
    • Mapped 1:250k
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Gravel
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Gulf Coast basin
    • Ouachita folded belt
Publication:

Barnes, V.E. (project director), 1982, Geologic atlas of Texas, San Antonio sheet [revision of 1974 ed.]: University of Texas-Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology Geologic Atlas of Texas, 1 sheet, [9 p., revised 1983], scale 1:250,000, Robert Hamilton Cuyler memorial edition


Summary:

Pamphlet [p. 1]. Uvalde Gravel. Caliche-cemented gravel; some boulders up to one foot in diameter; well-rounded cobbles of chert, some cobbles of quartz, limestone, and igneous rock; occupies topographically high areas not associated with present drainage; forms extensive deposits in Medina and Uvalde Counties, [Texas]; may correlate with Willis Formation of Seguin Sheet; thickness ranges from several feet of gravel lag to 20+/- feet. Most intervening scarps between the Uvalde Gravel and the Leona Formation are covered by several feet of gravel slope wash. Age is Pliocene or Pleistocene.
[Notable exposures in southwestern part of map sheet, between San Antonio and Uvalde, in Frio, Medina, Uvalde, and Zavala Cos., southern TX.]

Source: Publication.


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