A mineral resource survey of Texas, started by the Works Progress Administration, is still being conducted by the Works Projects Administration, with the Bureau of Economic Geology of The University of Texas acting as the sponsor.

The information contained in this circular was gathered by a unit of the WPA Mineral Resources Survey of Texas, a project sponsored by The University of Texas, Bureau of Economic Geology.

The information contained in this circular was gathered by a unit of the WPA Mineral Resources Survey of Texas, a project sponsored by The University of Texas, Bureau of Economic Geology.

The information contained in this circular was gathered by a unit of the WPA Mineral Resource Survey of Texas, a project sponsored by The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology.

This mineral resource survey circular contains a resume of the results of a mineral resource survey of Bastrop County.

A mineral resource survey of Texas has been started by the Works Progress Administration, with the Bureau of Economic Geology of The University of Texas acting as sponsor. The purpose of the survey is to assemble information and make it available to the public.

The field work on which this report is based was done during October and November, 1936.

The principal natural mineral resources of Leon County consist of sand, clay, sandstone, gravel (both iron ore and river gravel), lignite, and natural gas.

Houston County is located geographically in the center of east Texas. Physiographically, it is located in the Red Lands, according to Deussen (I), of the west Gulf Coastal Plains section of the Coastal Plains province of the Atlantic Plain division.