 | | 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 hadâor currently hasânu 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 (issue) | | afterwards by Terry Stiles, Administrator of the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine. We rockhounds...awarded to Heather Douglass at the University of Texas (she went to college at San Jacinto College briefly...attended Alvin Jr. College and then transferred to Texas A&M University-Kingsville. We have already received...http://www.proctormuseum.us. The Proctor Museum is a Texas âNot for Profitâ Corporation and a IRS 501c3 organization...San Francisco to Houston (to visit relatives in Texas), to Dublin, Ireland, to London, England, to Paris |  | | Report (issue) | | Austin Austin, Texas 78712 JOHN T. LONSDALE, Director Report of Investigations â No. 42 Texas Gemstones...OFECONOMIC GEOLOGY The University of Texas at Austin Austin, Texas 78712 JOHN T. LONSDALE, Director â...â No. 42 Report of Investigations Texas Gemstones By Elbert A. King, Jr. February 1961 â â â Second...gemstones Cabochon gems Faceted gems Tumbled gems Texas gemstones Amber Augite Beryl Celestite Diamond Epidote...quartz Smoky quartz Cryptocrystalline varieties Agate Agatized wood Carnelian Jasper 5 5 7 10 10 13 17 |  | | Report (issue) | | Professional Paper 126 GEOLOGY OF THE COASTAL PLAIN OF TEXAS WEST OF BRAZOS RIVER BY ALEXANDER DEUSSEN WASHINGTON... . . . . . . . 37 Section at Maxwell, Caldwell County.................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . 41 Section near Elgin, Bastrop County .................... , ................ : . . ...Sections on Leon Creek and Medina River, Bexar County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .................... 47 Section at Rockdale, Milam County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |  | | Journal (issue) | | field experience in which you picked up a special agate and found it to be a great surprise, please bring...material, I will bring some examples of polished agate specimens from the different sites in which I collect........ 8 Middle Eocene Shark and Ray Fossils of Texas ..................................................Sulphur Springs, now called Wilson Springs in Garland County. Aside from some miserite and some exploratory...Frasch sulfur operations at Nash dome in Brazoria County. I saw some pieces I wanted and so managed to liberate |  | | Journal (issue) | | chilly in the lovely City of Houston and Harris County, Texas. Could our experts be wrong? To tell the truth...Rowland, flint knapper and spear maker of Leander, Texas, will present a program on spheres and sphere making...................................... 21 Missing Agate! .................................................are a few thin continuous white or black onyx or agate bands on some of the pieces that add further interest...the similar but curved lines are considered to be agate banding even though they are opaque. Confusing? |  | | Book (edition) | | MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...Chrysocolla, Turquoise LJ Emerald, Beryl *"Âť Agate ** Jade =p Amethyst ^ X ) y ' ÂŁf h % ^...stones will remain." On my own table is a section of agate, cut and polished, its concentric rings of rose...color, as in emeralds; their pattern, as in moss agate; or their play of color, as in opals. Fashion plays...sharp sliver of agate, such as Montana moss agate, is also useful to test minerals near agate in hardness |  | | Book (volume) | | beds, excavations, etc.ďžSelenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...ďžgray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.ďžpetrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE: ď 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...Canyon, diggings on N of hwy. Extending up canyonďžagate, Beryl, Almandite garnets, Lepidolite, Staurolite |  | | Book (volume) | | mixture of chert, translucent chalcedony, jasp-agate and common opal, rivaling in beauty the Arizona...ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.âŻcone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Toddâs Ford, a mineral depositâŻHematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarriesâŻoilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodulesâŻPyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay |  | | Book (volume) | | mixture of chert, translucent chalcedony, jasp-agate and common opal, rivaling in beauty the Arizona...ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.âŻcone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Toddâs Ford, a mineral depositâŻHematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarriesâŻoilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodulesâŻPyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay |  | | Book (edition) | | describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...Chrysocolla, Turquoise LJ Emerald, Beryl ^"^ Agate ** Jade Amethyst nq -* % Gem Hunter's...color, as in emeralds; their pattern, as in moss agate; or their play of eral color, as in opals. Fashion... such as agate and jasper, are described as cryptocrystal- line. For example, an agate nodule may...cat's- more but inexhaustibly various patterns of agate and jasper. So typical are their patterns that |  | | Book | | HfiRIN COUNTY FREE LIBRfiRY 311110G386652Q I V Russell P MacFal A COLOR TREASUF FOR COLLECTORS...to Hunting Locations ? i 9 GIVEN TO THE MARIN COUNTY LIBRARY BY MARI N L MTNF.RAT. SOCTETY DAVID...may be able to buy specimens. map of Keweenaw County. Mich- Part of the U.S. Geological Survey topographic...thunder eggs dug beds in Oregon are nodules of agate, walls. TWIN CRYSTALS commonly develop Crystals...aggregate psilo- melane on rock 10 Banded aggregate: agate. 11 Arborescent aggregate: copper 12 Lamellar radiating | | | Book | | IOATOUTE CHLORASTROUTEI 2 AMYGDAlOID MINE DUMPS 3 AGATE HARBOR (AGATES THOMSONITE ON BEACH\ )l MUD VLAKE...topographic map of the Delaware q uadrangle o f Keweenaw County, Michigan This ,s an example o f the more picturesque...dug from the lava beds in Oregon are nodules of agate o ft en associated with opal Reniform marcas1te...aggregate . ps,lo⢠melane on rock 1o Banded aggregate agate 11 Arborescent aggregate copper 12 Lamellar rad...freeform molded copper (Right) A slice of Brazilian agate framed with plastic and stainless steel 38 In |  | | Report (volume) | | 248 259 269 271 275 281 r 4 CONTENTS. Page. Texas...................................................New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Texas; to list all the literature consulted would be impracticable...Phillips, W. B., The mineral resources of Texas: Univ. Texas Bull. 365, Sci. Ser. 29, 1914. Among other...See Bauxite and Halloysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton; |  | | Book (edition) | | mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles. Down to...to Helena, in Shelby county, the field has an average width of 5 or 6 miles. Below that point the width...miles being in the latitud" of Blocton, in Bibb county. The south ern end of this field has a greater...Jefferson county; Helena, Montevallo, and Brierfield, Shelby county; and at Blocion. Bibb county. The Warrior |  | | Report (issue) | | locality, or civil division (city, village, or county) named for a physical feature is always listed...information is usually self-explanatory, for example: county seat. Feature Class (second column) The terms listed...their definitions. County (third column) This column lists the name of the county in which the entity...place, feature, or area lies in more than one county, the county listed is the one in which the center of...in the case of a stream, valley, or arroyo, the county listed is the one in which the mouth of the feature |  | | Report (volume) | | with State and local historical societies, State, county, and township officers, and individuals in all...Historical Library, Helena, Montana, for data concerning county and town names in the State. Eugene Howell, by...counties. Nearly all the information concerning county names in this State was furnished by him. John...connection with the State names. Complete lists of county and town names were sent by him, and information...town names. Charles P. Garrison, Texas Historical Society, Austin, Texas, for list of town names. Joseph |  | | Report (volume) | | with State and local historical societies, State, county, and township officers, and individuals in all...Wyoming, Illinois, superintendent of schools, Stark County, 1882-1898, for much valuable information concerning...several hundred cities and towns, and corrections of county names in the State of Illinois. J. P. Dunn, Indiana...Indianapolis, Indiana, for additions to and corrections of county names. M. W. Davis, State Historical Society, Iowa...fora revision of the complete list of Minnesota county names. Franklin L. Riley, Mississippi Historical |  | | Book (edition) | | the total of 4,284 new Terms were United States county and city Terms. Counties and Cities in the United...States Earlier editions had Terms such as Washington County and Portland for counties and cities of the United...for example: Washington County Arkansas and Portland Maine. Each new county Term can now autopost its...to counties was a major task. The scope of U.S. county and city Terms can now be clear even when they...For example, whenever an inÂŹ dexer uses Atchison County Kansas the Terms KanÂŹ sas, Midwest, and United |  | | Report (volume) | | Rio Blanco, and Routt counties (Colo.) and Carbon County (Wyo.).... 3 150677 9 9 9 9 10 11 11 11 25 31...32 and 33 and Honomo No. 17 quadrangles (Hawaii County).. Illinois......................................Hill, Houghton, and Pelkie quadrangles (Houghton County).. Michigan-Ohio-Indiana.........................(Colbert and Lauderdale counties, Ala.; Tishomingo County, Miss.; Hardin and Wayne counties, Tenn.)........239 239 244 244 244 247 CONTENTS. New Mexico-Texas................................................ |  | | Report (volume) | | Pub. Co. Texas, Tordilla Hill area, color: Shale nomenclature: Clark, T. H. ,6. South Texas Geol. Soc...described. Div. Mines, 1; Jenkins, O. P., Choctaw County, Highway 17 area: 3. Toulmin, L. D., Jr., 3. Minor:...analysis: KelH. D., 5. ler, W. D., 3. Talladega County, hematiteOklahoma, potash agstone, granite magnetite...ground water: Powham, C. E. ell, W. J., 4. Marengo County: Newton, J. G., 1. Core-drilling program, ChattanooMica:...J.,4. Excursion, Tertiary type-localiMontgomery County: Reade, ties: Rainwater, E. H. , 1. H. L. , Jr |  | | Book (edition) | | The largest groups of new terms have been U.S. county names; rock-formation names (mostly North American);...Thesaurus. These include local geographic terms, U.S. county names, rock-formation names, and fossil names....term must be a name unique to one area. Lincoln County is not assigned coordinates in the Thesaurus, because...North America from the broader terms of Hanover County. There is no reciprocal entry for each broader...counties of the United States; e.g., Chautauqua County may have a broader term Kansas or New York. BX |  | | Report (issue) | | Mississippi River and Valley. Middle West Louisiana Texas Old Southwest. Lower Mississippi Valley Arkansas...Class all mounds and archaeological sites within a county or other division of a state, with the state, subarranging...subarranging by author, e.g., mounds in Franklin County, Ohio, are classed in E78.03 Class Indian reservations...region, A-Z - Continued Tennessee River Region Texas Ungava see E78.Q3 Utah Vermont Virginia Washington...Southeast (Florida) see F317.B7 For Southwest (Texas) see F392.B7 For North (Great Lakes) see F550.5+ |  | | Book | | c:.1pturi11g C\t'r) rhing fron1 creek beds to county line~. this ,ttl.h otTcr-; up-to-d.1te. precise...200 000 79 61 Michigan 1:2 200 000 96-97 80 Texas 1:2 700 000 98-99 62 Minnesota 1:2 200 000 81...Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin...extending from West Virginia to Alberta and from Texas to Wyoming. In combination with extensive iron ores...Plains-Ogalalla Aquifer extending from North Dakota to Texas beneath the U.S. Great Plains, which has supported |  | | Report (volume) | | ...... Johnson's Iron Regions of Louisiana and Texas .................... Digest of decisions concerning...geology and mining industry of Leadville, Lake County, Colorado, by S. F. Emmons, pp. 201-290, pis. xliv-xlv...and hydrography Continued. The mines of Ouster County, Colorado, by Samuel Franklin Emmons, pp. 405-472...Grande Plain adjacent to Austin and San Antonio, Texas, with reference to the occurrence of underground...The age of the Franklin white limestone of Sussex County, New Jersey, by John Eliot Wolff and Alfred Hulse |
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