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Publications in Mason

Title Publication Year Abstract Author Series Publisher
Geologic map of the Fall Prong Quadrangle, Kimble, Gillespie and Mason Counties, Texas Geologic map of the Fall Prong Quadrangle, Kimble, Gillespie and Mason Counties, Texas 1956

Fall Prong quadrangle is in the marginal portion of the Edwards Plateau near the southeastern corner of the Llano region. Almost three-quarters of the quadrangle is within the Edwards Plateau, and the rest consists of valleys of the Llano basin cutting back into the plateau.

 Barnes, V.E. Geologic Quadrangle 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 Threadgill Creek quadrangle, Gillespie and Kerr Counties, Texas Geologic map of the Threadgill Creek quadrangle, Gillespie and Kerr Counties, Texas 1954 Barnes, V.E. Geologic Quadrangle Map Bureau of Economic Geology
Geologic map of the Squaw Creek Quadrangle, Gillespie and Mason Counties, Texas Geologic map of the Squaw Creek Quadrangle, Gillespie and Mason Counties, Texas 1952

The Squaw Creek quadrangle is partly within the Llano region and partly within the Edwards Plateau province.

Barnes, V.E. Geologic Quadrangle Map Bureau of Economic Geology
Geologic map of the Hilltop Quadrangle, Gillespie, Llano, and Mason Counties, Texas Geologic map of the Hilltop Quadrangle, Gillespie, Llano, and Mason Counties, Texas 1952 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
Iron ore in the Llano region, central Texas Iron ore in the Llano region, central Texas 1949

The magnetic iron-ore prospects of the Llano region of central Texas were investigated in a program which combined dip-needle and gravity-meter surveys by the Bureau of Economic Geology of The University of Texas and the U.S. Geological Survey with exploration by the U.S. Bureau of Mines.

Barnes, V.E., Goldich, S.S., Romberg, Frederick Report of Investigations Bureau of Economic Geology
Building Stones of Central Texas 1942 Barnes, V.E., Dawson, R.F., Parkinson, G.A. UT Publication
Report on tin and magnesite deposits in Mason County, Texas 1941

With tin near the top of the list of strategic metals, the main purpose of this project was to determine:

 McCammon, J.H. Mineral Resource Survey Circulars
Preliminary report on gray granites from central Texas Preliminary report on gray granites from central Texas 1939 Barnes, V.E., Parkinson, G.A., Dawson, R.F. Mineral Resource Circular Bureau of Economic Geology