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Volume: 9 (1925)

Issue: 1. (January-February)

First Page: 136

Last Page: 144

Title: Stratigraphy of the Tampico District of Mexico

Author(s): Ben C. Belt

Abstract:

Geological research in the Tampico district of Mexico during the last few years has resulted in accumulation of much detailed stratigraphic information, but work has been attended by some confusion. A general description of the rock formations of the district is here presented, the nomenclature and stratigraphic definitions in most common use being outlined. Beds of Lower, and Upper Cretaceous, Eocene, Oligocene, and Miocene age are recognized. The total thickness of these divisions appears to be more than 16,000 feet. The chief oil-producing formation is the Tamasopo limestone of Lower Cretaceous age; important quantities of oil have also been obtained from the upper part of the Tamaulipas formation, Lower Cretaceous, and the lower part of the succeeding San Felipe forma ion, Upper Cretaceous.

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