The Geology of Tarrant County

BL1931. The Geology of Tarrant County, by W. M. Winton and W. S. Adkins. 122 p., 1 map, 6 plates, 1919.


Keywords: Tarrant County, Texas


CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE AREA

PHYSIOGRAPHY AND TOPOGRAPHY

Topographic Divisions of Tarrant County

Black Prairie

Eastern Cross Timbers

Grand Prairie

Western Cross Timbers

Drainage

Geological Map

Type Localities in Tarrant County

FOSSILS AS HORIZON MARKERS

Mode of Preservation

Possibility of Recurrent Horizons

Utility of Fossils in Interpreting Well Logs

Table of Identification Values of Comanchean and Cretaceous Fossils

THE GEOLOGICAL SECTION

Description of Formations

Pennsylvanian

Comanchean

Trinity Division

Trinity (Basement) Sands

Glenrose Limestone

Paluxy Sands

Fredericksburg Division

Washita Division

Kiamitia Marl

Duck Creek Formation

Fort Worth Formation

Denton Marl

Weno Formation

Pawpaw Formation

Mainstreet Formation

Grayson Marl

Woodbine Formation

Upper Cretaceous

Eagleford Shales

Cenozoic and Recent

ECONOMIC GEOLOGY

Resources of Location

Resources of Soil

Resources of Plant and Animal Life

Resources of Crude Material

Limestone Industries

Gravel and Sand

Clay Industries

Possibilities of Oil and Gas

Water Resources

DIP, ALTITUDES, WELL LOGS, ETC.

Dip

Altitudes in Tarrant County

Precise Levels in Tarrant County

Description of New Magnetic Station

Log of Well at Polytechnic, Texas

Log of well near Mansfield, Texas

INDEX

TOPOGRAPHIC MAP OF THE T.C.U. VICINITY

GEOLOGICAL MAP OF TARRANT COUNTY

Citation
Winton, W. M., and Adkins, W. S., 1919, The Geology of Tarrant County: University of Texas, Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology and Technology, Bulletin 1931, 122 p.