Ball Clay of the Troup District, Texas. Digital Download

PB5019D. Ball Clay of the Troup District, Texas, by H.  B. Stenzel [and] Characteristics of Texas Ball Clay near Troup, by F. K. Pence. 54 p., 23 figs., 9 plates in text, 1950. Downloadable PDF.



CONTENTS

BALL CLAY OF THE TROUP DISTRICT, TEXAS, By H. B. StenzeL

Introduction

    Purpose of the report

    Scope of the report

    Field work

    Maps
Geological description of the Troup district

Location

Summary of previous geological work

Regional geological setting.

Table of formations

Stratigraphy

Wilcox group
   Wilcox group undivided, uppermost beds

Claiborne group

Carrizo formation

Reklaw formation

Newby member

Extent and geological relationships of the ball clay

Description of clay pits
   Thermo Fire Brick Company

   General Refractories Company

Bibliography

Appendix
Geophysical shot holes in northeastern Cherokee County

CHARACTERISTICS OF TEXAS BALL CLAY NEAR TROUP, by F. K. Pence

Introduction

Differential thermal analysis

Electron microscopy

X-ray spectrometer

Ceramic data

23 figures, 9 plates



Keywords: ball clay, Cherokee County, clay, Troup District, Texas




Citation
Stenzel, H. B., and Pence, F. K., 1950, Ball Clay of the Troup District, Texas [and] Characteristics of Texas Ball Clay near Troup: University of Texas, Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, Publication 5019, 54 p.