 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Texas mineral locality INDEX Whereas Texas is well known for its vastness, cattle industry, and oil...I T S T O P O G R A P H Y A N D G E O L O G Y , Texas, the second largest state, has produced relatively...famous localities. A s this article will show, Texas has had—or currently has—nu merous mineral occurrences...produce good specimens; yet when specimens from Texas are sought in collections and dealers' stocks, few...some basic facts that help explain the situation. Texas has very little federal land in its mineralized |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 8y ARTHUR E. SMITH, JR. 9118 Concho, Houston, Texas Barite has been reported from super caprock formations...clay about 50 feet above the caprock at Hackley dome, Texas. (Stenzel, 1946). Crystalline masses 1 to 7 inches...the caprock at Belle Isle dome, Louisiana (Vaughn, 1926). At Rayburn's dome in Louisiana barite occurs...oil wells at Saratoga dome' (Moore, 1914) and later from wells at Batson dome (Harton and Mason, 1926)...1926). Both domes are in Hardin County, Texas. White to bluish gray barite oolites and pisolites 1 to 8 |  | | Report (volume) | | Several varieties of gypsum are found in nature: selenite and satin spar are the crystalline varieties,...gypsum sands are the unconsolidated varieties. Selenite is found as colorless transparent crystals which...unlike mica, the selenite plates break down under heat and are not elastic. Selenite occurs either scattered...although some are as much as 4 feet long. In places, selenite occurs as an aggregate of crystals so intergrown...Smith, R. H., 1930, Hendrick field, Winkler County, Texas: Am. Assoc. Petroleum Geologists Bull., v. 14 |  | | Report (issue) | | HYDROLOGIC SUMMARY OF SALT DOMES IN GULF COAST REGION OF TEXAS, LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPPI, AND ALABAMA By R. Ernest...numbers 185 and 189. Scale Model of Tatum Salt Dome CONTENTS Page Abstract---------------------...-------- 26 Geology, northern Gulf Coast salt-dome province--------------- 27 Factors related to...------ 34 Hydrology, northern Gulf Coast salt-dome province------------- 34 Surface water-------...-- ----------------------- 35 Northeast Texas salt-dome basin------------------------------- 43 Physiography |  | | Report (issue) | | ¥ TEXAS ROCKS AND \ r - An Amateur’s Guide ;s ROSELLE M. GIRARD A b OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY V N IVERSITY...The University of Texas Austin, Texas Peter T. Flawn, Director Guidebook 6 TEXAS ROCKS AND MINERALS...Rock identification charts Descriptions of some Texas rocks and minerals Anhydrite .....................Composition, hardness, and specific gravity of some Texas minerals Pace 25 26 39 40 43 43 43 44 45 46 47...81 84 85 85 87 87 88 89 90 93 94 94 95 97 99 Texas Rocks and Minerals Books about rocks and minerals |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | GEOCHEMISTRY OF WATER-ROCK INTERACTIONS IN RICHTON DOME CAP ROCK (SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI, U.S.A.) M A...geochemistry of watery-rock interactions in Richton Dome cap rock (southeastern Mississippi, U.S.A.). In:...Interactions in the Salt Dome Environment. Chem. Geol., 74: 113-135. Cap rock at Richton Dome consists of gypsum-veined...Sr-rich metal-richbrines brought up the sidesof the dome during calcitecap rock formation. Petrographic ...calcite-anhydriteinterface. 1. I n t r o d u c t i o n Richton Dome (southeastern Mississippi) was first explored in |  | | Report (Issue volume) | | Absolute ate, dates Carbo11 /4 Continental shelf. Texas, sediments: t:mer), K. 0. 10996 Florida· Bullen...University Laboratory: Rusnak. G . A 04425 Texas. Atascosa County, water. Carrizo Sand: Pearson, F J_, Jr...J .. Jr. I 1499 Texas. Lampasas River terraces. shells: Cheatum. E. P. I 1348 Texas University laboratory...D . Jr. 06236 Chocta-.. County. map: Toulmin. L. D . 1)6256 Chocta-.. County. Quitman fault zone, reconnaissance...Tounelot, H A . 06226 Clar,e County. along State Highwa) 69 and County Highway 15, cross section Toulmin |  | | Book | | . • . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....•.••••••...• . • • • . . . . . . . . . . . • . • • • West Texas - Eastern New Mexico . • . . . . . . . . . . . ...• • • • • . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . 99 Texas. . . . . . • . • . • . . . • . • . • . • • • • •...• • . • • • • . • . • . Gulf Coast Region - Salt Dome Basins and Domes. . . . . . . . . . . • • • • •...Mexico and Texas - Salt Thickness of the Salado Formation. • • • • • • • • • New Mexico and Texas - Salt |
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