 | | 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 |  | | Report (volume) | | Surface Geology of the Nash Draw Quadrangle Eddy County New Mexico By JAMES D. VINE CONTRIBUTIONS GEOLOGICAL...outcropping rocks and deposits.-____-___--_-___________ Rustler formation of Permian age_____----_---_-_-____________...pocket Southestern New Mexico and adjacent part of Texas showing location of Nash Draw quadrangle---_-_--_----_-__---_B3...tilted Tamarisk member of the Rustler formation.___ Magenta member of the Rustler formation...-____.____-__...Broken and slumped outcrop of gypsum in the Forty-niner member of the Rustler formation.______________________ |  | | 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 ............................................... ................... Gypsum ....................................... .........Composition, hardness, and specific gravity of some Texas minerals Pace 25 26 39 40 43 43 43 44 45 46 47 |  | | Report (issue) | | GroupI 14 Ochoa SeriesI 14 Castile Formation I 16 Rustler Formation I 16 Rocks of the basin margin I 16 Wolfcamp...Previous exploration I 56 Future possibilitiesI 56 Gypsum I 56 Building stoneI 56 Gravel I 56 Sodium sulfate...Black River valley area I58 58 Yeso IliIls and Gypsum Plain I 59 Selected stratigraphic sectionsI 62...mountain ranges referred to in text 3. Map of western Texas and eastern New Mexico and adjacent areas showing...Bell Canyon Formation I 14 6. Interlaminated white gypsum and dark-brownish-gray limestone in lower part |  | | Report (issue) | | Intrusive and extrusive alkaline rocks of the Lincoln County porphyry belt by Theodore J. Armbrustmacher 4...Buckles and northeast-trending faults Roosevelt County fault Alamosa Creek fault Karst................................... Pre-Permian rocks of Lincoln County....................... Pre-Permian rocks of the................................................ Rustler Formation.............................................................................. Lincoln County porphyry belt................................ Igneous |  | | Report (issue) | | Formation....................................... Rustler Formation........................................resistivity profile line SL-15, Weaver area, Eddy County, N. Mex. .................. 3. Graph showing resistivity...resistivity profile line SL-4, H111 C, Eddy County, N. Mex. ....................... 4. Graph showing resistivity...resistivity profile Hne SL-48, H111 D, Eddy County, N. Mex. ....................... 5. Graph showing...showing resistivity profile Hne SL-53, Hill A, Eddy County, N. Mex. ....................... 6. Graph showing |  | | Report (issue) | | Geologic Studies Project Gnome Eddy County, New Mexico GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL Prepared on...PROJECT GNOME EDDY COUNTY, NEW MEXICO Geologic Studies Project Gnome Eddy County, New Mexico By LEONARD...Salado Formation __________________________ _ Rustler Formation _________________________ _ Dewey Lake...preshot underground workings, Project Gnome, Eddy County, New Mexico __ - In pocket 2. Map and geologic...Eddy County, New Mexico __ - In pocket FIGURE 1. Location map of Project Gnome site, Eddy County, N. |  | | Journal (issue) | | are $57 (U.S. Science Editor dollars). Printed in USA. Third-class postage at Pasadena, California, and...Associate Professor of Radiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School G. SCOTT HUBBARD Professor...fleck against the Sun was sort of like the pale blue dot idea—of how fragile and vulnerable the thread is—and...other stars. planet.ly/twinkle CONGRESSMAN JOHN CULBERSON: A GOOD DAY FOR SPACE The newly approved federal...space exploration and development. Texas Congressman John Culberson led the fight for a Europa mission |  | Wells, Arthur W., Diehl, J. Rodney, Bromhal, Grant, Strazisar, Brian R., Wilson, Thomas H., White, Curt M. (2007) The use of tracers to assess leakage from the sequestration of CO2 in a depleted oil reservoir, New Mexico, USA. Applied Geochemistry, 22 (5) 996-1016 doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2007.01.002 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of CO2 in a depleted oil reservoir, New Mexico, USA Arthur W. Wells a, J. Rodney Diehl a, Grant Bromhal...of Energy, P.O. Box 10940, Pittsburgh, PA 15236, USA National Energy Technology Laboratory, US Department...26505, USA c West Virginia University, Department of Geology and Geography, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA d Parsons...Corporation, P.O. Box 618, South Park, PA 15129, USA Received 6 June 2006; accepted 6 January 2007 Editorial...40.2 km (25 miles) WSW of Hobbs, NM in Lea County. Lea County lies in the SE corner of New Mexico. A |  | | Report (issue) | | of the north aargia of tte Basin, lev Nexieo and Texas. .......... . ... (in podbtt) 21* Section* aeaaured... ««. . 62 23* V&ciea relation* between tte Rustler, Balado, and Castile foxmtiona «......*...«.«...and evaporlte formations of Permian age in feet Texas Basin vas aede la order to determine if the aodera...formations ebosen for special study In the Wist Texas Baela In ssntr^^fg order, t^*** C&stlle, Salado...neters* The Csstilr formation Is largely scoposed of gypsum rock, the Salado, halite rock, end the Rustlert |  | | Book (volume) | | beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE: area ridges, slopes, stream beds...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles...outcropsRose Quartz; S along US 385 for 32 mi. to Hot Springs in Fall River Co., all regional side rds., look |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | dormant. Arkansas was admitted to the Union in 1836, Texas in 1845, and Kansas in 1861. Oklahoma did not become... There were bold springs of salt water, and ranges of hills of massive white gypsum ... ... .... ... and Otoe came from Nebraska, the Tonkawa from Texas, the Osage, Kaw, Kickapoo, and Pottawatomie, from...Oklahoma City, Norman, El Reno, and Kingfisher, county seats, were in the morning bare prairies, and at...Oklahoma is revealed in the many model farmsteads that dot the fertile prairies. (Courtesy of State Dept. of |  | | Book (volume) | | ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA |  | | Book (volume) | | ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA |  | Hall, S.M., Van Gosen, B.S., Paces, J.B., Zielinski, R.A., Breit, G.N. (2019) Calcrete uranium deposits in the Southern High Plains, USA. Ore Geology Reviews, 109. 50-78 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2019.03.036 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Calcrete uranium deposits in the Southern High Plains, USA S.M. Hall, B.S. Van Gosen, J.B. Paces, R.A. Zielinski...Calcrete uranium deposits in the Southern High Plains, USA, Ore Geology Reviews (2019), doi: https://doi.org/10... Calcrete uranium deposits in the Southern High Plains, USA Hall, S.M.1, Van Gosen, B.S.2, Paces, J. B.3, Zielinski...Science Center, Box 25046, MS 939, Denver, CO 80225, USA, 303-236-1656, susanhall@usgs.gov ORCID: 0000-0002-0931-8694...Science Center, Box 25046, MS 973, Denver, CO 80225, USA, 303-236-1566, bvangose@usgs.gov ORCID: 0000-0003-4214-3811 |  | | Journal (issue) | | exposure!), teacher conferences such as TESTA (Texas Earth Science Teachers Association), MATS (Metropolitan...conferences such as SETHSA (Southeast Texas Home School Association) and THSA (Texas Home School Association). In...This is true of many other materials such as Polka Dot jasper from Africa, Imperial jasper from Mexico,...dimension. It is moderately priced in most sizes. Polka Dot jasper is composed of white to gray spheres in a...Calcite ĺ Quartz Celestite ĺ Quartz Fluorite ĺ Quartz Gypsum ĺ Quartz Barite ĺ Sulfur Aragonite ĺ Copper Azurite |  | | Book | | Wisc. DonatoE. Hartin, Ind. Univ. ALONzoD. Jacka, Texas Tech. Univ, ALLAN R. SANFORD, NM. JonN H. SCHILLING...Southwest. This vast region, which includes western Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, southern Cicam part of southern...Southwest. Only in southwestern Arizona, western Texas, and California did the Spanish hold any land other...sands. The Mexican denly transferred ownership of Texas, zona, and California from Mexico New Mexico...question of secession, and in Colorado, cruited in Texas and commanded accomplish Confederate aims. rich |  | | Book | | the distribution of sulfate rocks (anhydrite, gypsum, etc.); in fact, all data at present available...sulfate refers to Introduction 2 anhydrite and/or gypsum and in some cases polyhalitic, glauberite or other...Australia (Fig. 1). As a rule, they are represented by gypsum and anhydrite. Salt beds of more or less confirmed...Proterozoic composite section: Heavitree, Bitter Springs, Areyonga, and Pertatataka (Wells et al. 1967...thickness of the formation is 300 m. The Bitter Springs Formation rests conformably on the Heavitree quartzite |  | | Report (volume) | | SURVEY GEOKGE OTIS SMITH, Director Bulletin 697 GYPSUM DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES BY R. W. STONE....................... Mineralogy and geology of gypsum, by R. W. Stone....................... Chemical..................................... Analyses of gypsum, by R. W. Stone..................................in the chemical analysis of gypsum, by George Steiger............ The gypsum industry, by R. W. Stone......... Cost of gypsum plaster...... I................................... Uses of gypsum.............. |  | | Report (issue) | | 36 Seminole 37 Sequoyah 37 Stephens 37 Texas 38 Tillman 45 Wagoner 46 Washington 46 Washita...M AYES 1 P AW NEE- s - 2 Number of wells in county measured annually • ROGERS NOBLE , 7 0 0 ...below. The location of the well indicated by the dot normally would be described as SE 1/4 NE 1/4 NE 1/4...column indicates water-level has declined] ADAIR COUNTY WELL PRINCIPAL LOCATION AQUIFER 018N-025E-36...LEVEL 1978 DATE DEPTH 03-22-78 18.70 ALFALFA COUNTY HELL PRINCIPAL LOCATION AQUIFER MATER LEVEL |  | | Report (issue) | | CONTENTS--Continued Page Major 31 Roger Mills 32 Texas 33 Tillman 41 Washita 49 Woods 49 Woodward...below. The location of the well indicated by the dot normally would be described as NE 1/4 SW 1/4 NW 1/4...--Water levels and water-level changes. ALFALFA COUNTY *ELL PRINCIPAL *ATER LEVEL 1975 LOCATION AWUIFER...levels and water-level changes--Continued. BEAvER COUNTY *ELL PRINCIPAL LOCATION AQUIFER 001N•020E•1b...levels and water-level changes-Continued. dEAvER COUNTY WELL PRINCIPAL LOCATION AQUIFER RATER LEVEL |  | | Report (Issue volume) | | State mineral production and mineral production by county were prepared in the Division of Statistics and...Division of Geology. Texas: Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin. Utah: Utah...and Ray C. Gilbert .. .' . . . . . . . . . . . • Texas, by Doss H. White, Jr., and L. Edwin Garner . ....this report. Name State____________ SECTION 2. County _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ Stocks. production, end...minerals 7 Bromine• Cement: Clays Gem stones Gypsum (crude) Helium (Grade-A) Iodine Lime Mica (scrap) |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | copper shales, and conglomerates. Anhydrite and gypsum layers are also part of the Staßfurt Formation...Geology of the research area. Bad Frankenhausen (red dot) in Thuringia (blue circle) is located centrally...KSM Fault (Reuter, 1962). The presence of salt springs and the occurrence of numerous sinkholes and depressions...the leaning church tower of the “Oberkirche” (red dot) and the shear-wave seismic reflection profiles (light...the leaning church tower of the “Oberkirche” (red dot) to investigate subrosion structures responsible |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. 23 MySky From Orange County, California. ON THE COVER: In this sunset view...other countries are $57 (U.S. dollars). Printed in USA. Third-class postage at Pasadena, California, and...Associate Professor of Radiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School G. SCOTT HUBBARD Professor...Arizona/Stuart Atkinson; bottom: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Texas A&M University called Home Plate, Spirit was the...Experiment (HiRISE) instrument, Spirit is the white dot at left of Home Plate. in July 2000, the odds were |  | | Journal (issue) | | Facebook AgATE FIELDs I have lived in the Big Bend of Texas for over 20 years, and have led rockhunters on many...Grande reaches the Gulf of Mexico at Brownsville, Texas. Not surprisingly, like the western U.S., Mexico...images courtesy of Joe Budd september 2018 13 Gypsum “rams-horn” Potosi Mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua...lack of color in the form of abundant colorless gypsum crystals. The waters that circulate through the...at depth. On cooling slightly they precipitate gypsum everywhere from the insides of pumps, pipes, and |
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