Cain City quadrangle is south of the Llano region and is in the marginal portion of the Edwards Plateau where much of the plateau surface has been destroyed by erosion. Northeastward-trending lobes and outliers of the Edwards Plateau are present in the southern part.

The Ellenburger of Texas was first defined as a marine limestone formation of Cambrian and Ordovician age (Paige, 1912), but recently it has been subdivided into several formations and the term Ellenburger given group status (Cloud and Barnes, 1948).

Stonewall quadrangle is south of the Llano region and is in the marginal portion of the Edwards Plateau where much of the plateau surface has been destroyed by erosion.