Geologic map that depicts surface geology of Swisher, Briscoe, Hall, and Childress Counties and parts of Randall, Armstrong, Donley, Collingsworth, Hale, Floyd, Motley, and Cottle Counties.

The scene is set. According to Indian legend, when the Great Creator made the earth and had finished placing the stars in the sky, the birds in the air, and the fish in the sea, there was a large pile of rejected stony materials left over.

The Davis Mountains are an erosional remnant of a volcanic field that probably covered 5 to 10 times their present areal extent of approximately 2,000 square miles.

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.

Geologic map that depicts surface geology of Crosby, Dickens, and King Counties and parts of Hale, Floyd, Motley, Cottle, King, Lubbock, Lynn, Garza, Kent, and Stonewall Counties. The Lubbock Sheet honors the late Dr.

Lower Cretaceous sands have long been important aquifers in Central, North-Central, and North Texas. In recent years these sands also have been sources of high-silica industrial or specialty-purpose sand.

This report deals with the occurrence and potential production of industrial sand in the Gulf Coast area of Texas. The study area covers approximately 23,000 square miles underlain by alluvial, deltaic, beach, and eolian deposits of Pleistocene and Recent age.

Geologic map that depicts the surface geology of Nacogdoches, Shelby, San Augustine, Sabine, and Angelina Counties and parts of Anderson, Cherokee, Rusk, Newton, Jasper, Tyler, Polk, Trinity, Robertson, Madison, Leon, Freestone, and Panola Counties, Texas.