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Environmental geology of the Wilcox Group lignite belt, east Texas Environmental geology of the Wilcox Group lignite belt, east Texas 1979

This report provides a data base for decisions about lignite mining and reclamation in the Wilcox Group of East Texas. Kaiser (1974, 1978) estimates that about 12.2 billion short tons of potentially strip-minable lignite resources occur in East and South Texas.

Henry, C.E., Basciano, J.M. Report of Investigations Bureau of Economic Geology
Rock and mineral resources of east Texas Rock and mineral resources of east Texas 1965

In the past 100 years, more than 100 names have been used to designate parts or all of the outcropping Midway and Wilcox rocks in the Gulf Coastal Plain; less than half of these names are used currently by Coastal Plain geologists, and the validity of some of the remaining named rock units has be

Fisher, W.L., Chelf, C.R., Shelby, C.A., Garner, L.E., Owen, D.E., Shofield, D.A. Report of Investigations Bureau of Economic Geology
Geologic Atlas of Texas, Tyler sheet Geologic Atlas of Texas, Tyler sheet 1964

Geologic map that depicts the surface geology of Rains, Wood, Upshur, Marion, Harrison, Smith, and Gregg Counties and parts of Camp, Cass, Panola, Rusk, Cherokee, Anderson, Henderson, Van Zandt, Hunt, Morris, Franklin, and Hopkins Counties, Texas.

Barnes, V.E., Shell Oil Co., Humble Oil and Refining Co., Mobil Oil Co., Pan American Petroleum Corp., Eaton, R.W., Wright, A.C., McCallum, H.D. Geologic Atlas of Texas Bureau of Economic Geology
Lignites of the Texas Gulf coastal plain Lignites of the Texas Gulf coastal plain 1963

One of the basic mineral resources of Texas is abundant deposits of lignite in Eocene rocks of the Gulf Coastal Plain.

Fisher, W.L. Report of Investigations Bureau of Economic Geology
Underground waters and subsurface temperatures of the Woodbine sand in northeast Texas 1931 Plummer, F.B., Sargent, E.C. UT Bulletin
Foraminifera of the Midway Formation in Texas 1927 Plummer, H.J. UT Bulletin