Providence Canyon

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Providence Canyon, in Stewart County, reveals the white Providence Sand, which dates to the Late Cretaceous period, lying beneath the reddish Clayton Formation, which formed during the Paleogene period.

Photograph by Pamela J. W. Gore

Providence Canyon

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