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Publications in Karnes

Title Publication Year Sort ascending Abstract Author Series Publisher
Mineral resources of south Texas:  region served through the port of Corpus Christi Mineral resources of south Texas: region served through the port of Corpus Christi 1962

This report is a compilation of all available data on mineral resources (exclusive of oil and gas) in 39 south Texas counties. Information from published and unpublished sources was checked and supplemented by field investigations.

Maxwell, R.A. Report of Investigations Bureau of Economic Geology
Field excursion central Texas -- bentonites, uranium-bearing rocks, vermiculites Field excursion central Texas -- bentonites, uranium-bearing rocks, vermiculites 1961

The departure point of the Villa Capri Motor Hotel may be gone, but the geologic information within Guidebook Number 3 remains relevant to this day:  "The four stops of this field trip are in the Upper Eocene (Jackson) and Oligocene volcanic ash and bentonite beds, which crop out about

Folk, R.L., Hayes, M.O., Brown, T.E., Eargle, D.H., Weeks, A.D., Barnes, V.E., Clabaugh, S.E. Guidebook Bureau of Economic Geology
A preliminary report on the stratigraphy of the uranium-bearing rocks of the Karnes County area, south-central Texas A preliminary report on the stratigraphy of the uranium-bearing rocks of the Karnes County area, south-central Texas 1957

Uranium was discovered near Tordilla Hill in Karnes County, south-central Texas, in the fall of 1954, in the upper part of the Jackson formation of late Eocene age.

Eargle, D.H., Snider, J.L. Report of Investigations Bureau of Economic Geology
Well Records of Karnes County Texas 1929

These circulars issued from the Bureau of Economic Geology contain the record of cores and cuttings from well received and described in the Bureau.

Well Record
The Gueydan, a new Middle Tertiary formation from the southwestern coastal plain of Texas 1926 Bailey, T.L. UT Bulletin