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Oil Country
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Southern part of Llano Estacado, Stockaded Plain, overlies prolific oil and gas geologic formations of Pennsylvanian and Permian age; Monument Jal field to west, Drinkard field to south and Elliott Littman to north. Ogallala Formation yields gravel and caliche; at depth it supplies precious water.



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