Since production of fluorspar began in northern Coahuila, Mexico, in 1950-51, thousands of tons of high-grade ore have been mined from numerous deposits situated 5 to 75 miles south of the Rio Grande.

This history of geology at The University of Texas was prepared for the dedication of the new Geology Building, November 1967. It is a brief history; many details have been omitted. The names of most graduates and some faculty will not be found.

Regional investigation of the lower part of the Wilcox Group in Texas in outcrop and subsurface indicates seven principal depositional systems. These include: (1) Mt.

Limestone is one of the most important nonfuel mineral resources in Texas. Annual production exceeds $30 million; value added in the manufacture of such products as cement and lime amounts to about $100 million annually.

This report treats the sedimentary petrology and history of the Haymond Formation, a monotonous sequence of interbedded sandstone and shale that has a maximum preserved thickness of 4,300 feet.

Based on need for convenient, small-scale cartographic units, the basal Cretaceous rocks in Texas from Red River to Burnet County and on the Callahan Divide are herein divided into three distinctive lithologic sequences.

The wedge-shaped Black Gap area in southern Brewsier County, Texas, occupies approximately 4,50 square miles east of the Big Bend National Park.

Geologic map that depicts the surface geology of Lamar, Red River, Bowie, Delta, and Titus Counties and parts of Fannin, Hunt, Camp, Cass, Hopkins, Franklin, and Morris Counties, Texas. The 6-page booklet indicates geologic formations, abbreviations, and ages.