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Publications in Blanco

Title Publication Year Abstract Author Series Publisher
Geologic map of Southeastern Llano Uplift, Llano, Burnet, Blanco, and Gillespie counties, Texas Geologic map of Southeastern Llano Uplift, Llano, Burnet, Blanco, and Gillespie counties, Texas 1963 McGehee, R.V. Miscellaneous Map Bureau of Economic Geology
Upper Franconian and Lower Trempealeauan Cambrian trilobites and brachiopods, Wilberns Formation, central Texas Upper Franconian and Lower Trempealeauan Cambrian trilobites and brachiopods, Wilberns Formation, central Texas 1962

Forty-three species belonging to 28 genera, 12 species of brachipods belonging to 8 genera, and 1 species of gastropods are described from the Morgan Creek, Point Peak, and San Saba Members of the Wilberns Formation in the Llano Uplift.

Bell, W.C., Ellinwood, H.L. Report of Investigations Bureau of Economic Geology
Mineral resources of the Colorado River Industrial Development Association area Mineral resources of the Colorado River Industrial Development Association area 1958

The Colorado River Industrial Development Association area consists of ten counties [Bastrop, Blanco, Burnet, Colorado, Fayette, Llano, Matagorda, San Saba, Travis, and Wharton counties] in the lower watershed of Colorado River in Texas.

Dietrich, J.W., Lonsdale, J.T. Report of Investigations Bureau of Economic Geology
Field excursion, eastern Llano region Field excursion, eastern Llano region 1958

The first entry in the Guidebook Series details a field excursion to the Eastern Llano Region of Central Texas in 1958. Retrace the footsteps of Virgil Barnes and the other state geologists in attendance: 

Stop 1. Honeycut Bend

 Barnes, V.E. Guidebook Bureau of Economic Geology
Devonian - Mississippian transition in central Texas Devonian - Mississippian transition in central Texas 1957

The Devonian-Mississippian transition outcrops of central Texas are here described summarily and assigned to a new stratigraphic unit, the Houy Formation. The beds included are mainly Upper Devonian, but partly Lower Mississippian. Locally a basal fraction may be Middle Devonian.

Cloud, P.E., Jr., Barnes, V.E., Hass, W.H. Report of Investigations Bureau of Economic Geology
Map showing correlation of geologic, gravity, and magnetic observations, Blanco and Gillespie Counties, Texas Map showing correlation of geologic, gravity, and magnetic observations, Blanco and Gillespie Counties, Texas 1955 Barnes, V.E., Romberg, Frederick, Anderson, W.A. Miscellaneous Map Bureau of Economic Geology
The faunas of the Riley Formation in central Texas The faunas of the Riley Formation in central Texas 1954

Sixty-eight species of trilobites, 10 species of inarticulate brachiopods, two species of articulate brachiopods, one ostracode and fragments of sponges, pelmatozoan echinoderms and unidentifiable organisms constitute the faunas of the Riley formation.

Palmer, A.R. Report of Investigations Bureau of Economic Geology
Geologic Map of the Blowout Quadrangle, Blanco, Gillespie, and Llano Counties, Texas Geologic Map of the Blowout Quadrangle, Blanco, Gillespie, and Llano Counties, Texas 1952 Barnes, V.E. Geologic Quadrangle Map Bureau of Economic Geology
Geologic map of the North Grape Creek Quadrangle, Blanco and Gillespie County, Texas Geologic map of the North Grape Creek Quadrangle, Blanco and Gillespie County, Texas 1952

North Grape Creek quadrangle is south of the Llano region and is mostly in the broad Pedernales River basin. A few outliers of the Edwards Plateau are present in the western part of the quadrangle.

 Barnes, V.E. Geologic Quadrangle Map Bureau of Economic Geology
The Carboniferous Rocks of the Llano Region of Central Texas 1950 Plummer, F.B. UT Publication