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Geology
Producing and Potential Frac Sand and
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Baylor Mtns.
Beach Mtns.
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Lake
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EXPLANATION
Potential Sources**
Principal Producers
Produced for Resin-Coated Proppants*
St. Peter Sandstone
Jordan Formation (Trempealeau Formation in MI)
Wonewoc Formation (Munising Formation in MI)
Cambrian, undivided--includes
Jordan, Mount Simon, and Wonewoc
in IL, MN and WI.
Mount Simon Formation, mapped in IA
Bidahochi Formation
Hickory Sandstone Member of Riley Formation
Oil Creek Formation
Pottsville Group--includes Massillon and Sharon informal units
Buena Vista and Black Hand Sandstone Members of Cuyahoga Formation
Black Hand Sandstone Member of Cuyahoga Formation
Antietam Formation
Chickies Formation
Berea Sandstone
Clinch Sandstone
Sylvania Sandstone
Oriskany Formation
Physiographic or Geologic Features
* Loup River sands in Nebraska are produced for resin-coated proppant.
** White Throne Member of the Temple Cap Sandstone in Utah may have limited suitability.
It is exposed in steep canyon walls in southwestern Utah.
Deadwood Formation
Cutler Formation--includes White Rim and Cedar Mesa Members
Quaternary aeolian dune sands (southern UT)
Map units are listed in the order discussed in the text.
TX
CA
NM
AZ
ID
CO
UT
WY
KS
NE
SD
ND
OK
NV
Chuska
Mountains
Llano
uplift
Arbuckle
Mountains
Tobosa Basin
Little
Colorado
Loup
River
Loup River Canal
Ark
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Black Hills
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Scale 1:10,000,000
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Projection: USA_Contiguous_Albers_Equal_Area_Conic_USGS_version
Datum: D_North_American_1983