The stratigraphic record of the Lower Cretaceous Trinity Division in Central Texas, as revealed by extensive outcrop investigation, is that of a shallow sea transgressing the southern flank of the ancient Llano Uplift.
In recent years, exploration and mining of uranium have become a significant part of the Texas mineral scene, with Texas emerging as a leading uranium-producing state. At the end of 1970, Texas ranked third in reserves among the states, with ore reserves of 6.6 million tons.
The Van Horn Sandstone in southwestern Culberson and southeastern Hudspeth counties, Texas, was studied in cooperation with the U.S.
The Woodbine Formation is composed largely of terrigenous sediment eroded from Paleozoic sedimentary and weakly metamorphosed sedimentary rocks of the Ouachita Mountains in southern Oklahoma and Arkansas and subsequently deposited in a complex of nearshore environments along the margins of the br
Geologic maps that depicts the surface geology of McLennan, Limestone, and Falls Counties and parts of Bosque, Hill, Navarro, Freestone, Leon, Madison, Robertson, Milam, Bell, Lampasas, Coryell, and Hamilton Counties, Texas.