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background-color:rgb(254,217,106); background-image: linear-gradient(to right, rgba(255,255,255,1), rgba(254,217,106,1) 15%, rgba(254,217,106,1));"><a href="/wiki/Precambrian" title="Precambrian">PreꞒ</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; height:100%; text-align:center; background-color:rgb(127,160,86); left:37.636923076923px; width:18.073846153846px;"><a href="/wiki/Cambrian" title="Cambrian">Ꞓ</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; height:100%; text-align:center; background-color:rgb(0,146,112); left:55.710769230769px; width:14.08px;"><a href="/wiki/Ordovician" title="Ordovician">O</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; height:100%; text-align:center; background-color:rgb(179,225,182); left:69.790769230769px; width:8.3261538461539px;"><a href="/wiki/Silurian" title="Silurian">S</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; height:100%; text-align:center; background-color:rgb(203,140,55); left:78.116923076923px; width:20.409230769231px;"><a href="/wiki/Devonian" title="Devonian">D</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; height:100%; text-align:center; background-color:rgb(103,165,153); left:98.526153846154px; width:20.307692307692px;"><a href="/wiki/Carboniferous" title="Carboniferous">C</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; height:100%; text-align:center; background-color:rgb(240,64,40); left:118.83384615385px; width:15.907015384615px;"><a href="/wiki/Permian" title="Permian">P</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; height:100%; text-align:center; background-color:rgb(129,43,146); left:134.74086153846px; width:17.092984615385px;"><a href="/wiki/Triassic" title="Triassic">T</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; height:100%; text-align:center; background-color:rgb(52,178,201); left:151.83384615385px; width:19.089230769231px;"><a href="/wiki/Jurassic" title="Jurassic">J</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; height:100%; text-align:center; background-color:rgb(127,198,78); left:170.92307692308px; width:26.738461538462px;"><a 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href="/wiki/Formation_(stratigraphy)" class="mw-redirect" title="Formation (stratigraphy)">Formation</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Unit of</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Artesia_Group" title="Artesia Group">Artesia Group</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Underlies</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Salado_Formation" title="Salado Formation">Salado Formation</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Overlies</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bell_Canyon_Formation" title="Bell Canyon Formation">Bell Canyon Formation</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Thickness</th><td class="infobox-data">300 feet (91 m)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-style:solid; border-width: 2px 33px; border-color:rgb(252,192,178)">Lithology</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Primary</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Anhydrite" 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style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Relief_map_of_Texas.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Castile Formation is located in Texas"><img alt="Castile Formation is located in Texas" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Relief_map_of_Texas.png/250px-Relief_map_of_Texas.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="247" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Relief_map_of_Texas.png/375px-Relief_map_of_Texas.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Relief_map_of_Texas.png/500px-Relief_map_of_Texas.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="989" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:43.885%;left:18.431%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-6px;top:-6px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Castile Formation"><img alt="Castile Formation" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/12px-Pink_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/18px-Pink_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/24px-Pink_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div></div></div><div style="font-size:91%;padding-top:3px">Castile Formation (Texas)</div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of Texas</span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Castile Formation</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Formation_(geology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Formation (geology)">geologic formation</a> in west <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a> and southeastern <a href="/wiki/New_Mexico" title="New Mexico">New Mexico</a>, United States.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilmarth1938_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilmarth1938-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was deposited in the <a href="/wiki/Ochoan" title="Ochoan">Ochoan</a> <a href="/wiki/Stage_(geology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Stage (geology)">Stage</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Permian" title="Permian">Permian</a> <a href="/wiki/Period_(geology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Period (geology)">period</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMadsenRaup1988_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMadsenRaup1988-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Description">Description</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Castile_Formation&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Description"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The formation consists of up to 300 feet (91 m)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERichardson1904_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERichardson1904-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of <a href="/wiki/Gypsum" title="Gypsum">gypsum</a> or <a href="/wiki/Anhydrite" title="Anhydrite">anhydrite</a> with a few thin beds of <a href="/wiki/Limestone" title="Limestone">limestone</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERichardson1904_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERichardson1904-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMadsenRaup1988_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMadsenRaup1988-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The formation is found within the <a href="/wiki/Delaware_Basin" title="Delaware Basin">Delaware Basin</a> and was deposited after the formation of the <a href="/wiki/Capitan_Formation" title="Capitan Formation">Capitan Formation</a>, the fossil reef defining the margins of the Delaware Basin.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKing1930_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKing1930-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The formation lies on the <a href="/wiki/Bell_Canyon_Formation" title="Bell Canyon Formation">Bell Canyon Formation</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMadsenRaup1988_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMadsenRaup1988-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in turn is overlain by the <a href="/wiki/Salado_Formation" title="Salado Formation">Salado Formation</a>, which is characterized in the subsurface by a thick sequence of <a href="/wiki/Halite" title="Halite">halite</a> beds.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilmarth1938_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilmarth1938-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In locations towards the margins of the Delaware Basin, the Salado Formation is composed mostly of anhydrite and gypsum resembling the Castile, and here the contact is placed at a brecciated bed thought to represent an unconformity between the two formations.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMadsenRaup1988_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMadsenRaup1988-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Castile Formation, and the overlying Salado Formation, form an <a href="/wiki/Evaporite" title="Evaporite">evaporite</a> sequence that formed in a very deep basin (over 500 metres (1,600 ft)) from increasingly saline waters. The presence of fine laminations in the formation, which can be traced over great distances, indicate deposition well below wave base.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMadsenRaup1988_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMadsenRaup1988-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Castile_AIII.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Castile_AIII.jpg/220px-Castile_AIII.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="262" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Castile_AIII.jpg/330px-Castile_AIII.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Castile_AIII.jpg/440px-Castile_AIII.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2898" data-file-height="3455" /></a><figcaption>Outcrop of Castile Formation near US Highway 62/180, Mile Marker 5 showing varved gypsum and carbonate laminae </figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History_of_investigation">History of investigation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Castile_Formation&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History of investigation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The unit was first named by <a href="/wiki/George_Burr_Richardson" title="George Burr Richardson">George Burr Richardson</a> in 1904 for exposures in west Texas.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERichardson1904_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERichardson1904-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The formation was subsequently trace north into the <a href="/wiki/Pecos_River" title="Pecos River">Pecos River</a> valley<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELang1937_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELang1937-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and is extensive in the subsurface.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilmarth1938_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilmarth1938-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMadsenRaup1988_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMadsenRaup1988-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1935, Walter B. Lang removed the upper beds of the unit, which include extensive halite beds in the subsurface, into the Salado Formation.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELang1935_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELang1935-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Footnotes">Footnotes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Castile_Formation&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Footnotes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output 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href="#CITEREFWilmarth1938">Wilmarth 1938</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMadsenRaup1988-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMadsenRaup1988_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMadsenRaup1988_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMadsenRaup1988_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMadsenRaup1988_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMadsenRaup1988_2-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMadsenRaup1988_2-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMadsenRaup1988">Madsen & Raup 1988</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTERichardson1904-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERichardson1904_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERichardson1904_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERichardson1904_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFRichardson1904">Richardson 1904</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEKing1930-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKing1930_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFKing1930">King 1930</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTELang1937-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELang1937_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFLang1937">Lang 1937</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTELang1935-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELang1935_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFLang1935">Lang 1935</a>.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Castile_Formation&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px 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(1988). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://geoinfo.nmt.edu/publications/periodicals/nmg/10/n1/nmg_v10_n1_p1.pdf">"Characteristics of the boundary between the Castile and Salado Formations, southeastern New Mexico"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>New Mexico Geology</i>. <b>10</b> (1): 1–5, 9<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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