A mineral resource survey of Texas has been started by the Works Progress Administration, with the Bureau of Economic Geology of The University of Texas acting as sponsor. The purpose of the survey is to assemble information and make it available to the public. Through a separate project, sponsored by the State Planning Board, the results of the survey, as they are received in Austin, are being assembled for publication.
A mineral resource survey of Texas has been started by the Works Progress Administration, with the Bureau of Economic Geology of The University of Texas acting as sponsor. The purpose of the survey is to assemble information and make it available to the public. Through a separate project, sponsored by the State Planning Board, the results of the survey, as they are received in Austin, are being assembled for publication.
A mineral resource survey of Texas has been started by the Works Progress Administration, with the Bureau of Economic Geology of The University of Texas acting as sponsor. The purpose of the survey is to assemble information and make it available to the public. The counties in which the mineral resource survey is being made were listed in Circular No. 1, issued on February 27, 1936. Since that circular was issued, the survey has been started in the following counties: Cherokee, Clay, El Paso, Fayette, Grimes, and Young.
The following report is based on work in Bexar County.
The mineral resource survey of Texas, which is being made by the Works Progress Administration, has been in progress since January 1936. Up to September 21, 1936, the survey has been carried out in 27 counties located in 12 of the 20 Works Progress Administration Districts of the State of Texas. The location of these counties is indicated on the accompanying map (Ed. note: No longer available, April 1971).
In the north and northeast parts of Clay County, an area of approximately 70 square miles is covered by fluviatile deposits, including the present stream valleys and the ancient terraces, or flood plain remnants, of Big Wichita and Red rivers.