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Geology of the Solitario Dome, Trans-Pecos Texas

Christopher D. Henry, William R. Muehlberger, C. Larry McCormick

The Solitario displays geologic features that span virtually the entire regional history of Trans-Pecos Texas since Cambrian time. The visible structure (shown above) is the eroded remnant of the roof of a radially symmetric late Eocene (38 Ma) laccolith. Erosion of the laccolith roof has exposed a remarkably complete stratigraphic section. The rock record begins with Upper Cambrian Dagger Flat Sandstone. Deposition of Upper Cambrian sand and shale in a shallow sea gave way during Ordovician to deposition of black shales interbedded with some sand and black chert, reflecting more restricted circulation. About 1 km of sediments, from the craton to the north and northwest, accumulated in the Ouachita Trough during Late Cambrian and Ordovician time. The area was elevated and slightly tilted, but not significantly deformed, by the Llanorian Orogeny during Silurian time. Silurian rocks...

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