The Markley Formation is the the basal formation of the Bowie Group
(new). It consists of sandstones and conglomerates.
https://mrdata.usgs.gov/geology/ "Overlies Canyon Group. Basal
formation of Bowie Group (new), Hentz (1988). Continental and minor
paralic strata on Bend arch and Ft Worth syncline (Young, Jack, Clay,
Montague Cos., TX) Sandstone, mudstone, conglomerate, coal, scarce thin
limestone. Easternmost outcrop, fluvial and minor fluvial-deltaic
sandstone and chert-pebbly conglomerates form marker beds. Markley
contains 15 sandstone members which occur as mappable stacked bodies and
horizontally contiguous belts, separated by thin mudstone zones. Mudstone
contains sandstone and siltstone lentils and discontinuous seams of
subbituminous coal and carbonaceous shale (Newcastle Coal and others). In
lower part are thin beds of weathered and fissile subbituminous coal.
Ranges in thickness 320-600 ft."
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