Virtual Landscapes of Texas

University of Texas at Austin

University of Texas bulletin Volume no. 1803

1918

Roberts, John R.

Nash, James P. (James Philip)

Geology -- Texas -- Val Verde County

Accompanied by 5 foldout plates -- Plate 1 : Sketch map of the geology of Val Verde County. Contents : A geological reconnaissance of Val Verde County / by J.R. Roberts -- Water resources of Val Verde County / by J.P. Nash -- Road materials of Val Verde County / by J.P. Nash. Plate 2a : Photograph of the disconformable contact between the Bude and Eagle Ford formations. Plate 2b : Topography and caves in Comanchean limestones about one mile southeast of Langtry. Plate 3a : View of Bird's Nest Canyon, looking southwest, one mile east of Langtry. Plate 3b : An exposure of Del Rio clay capped by a remnant of Buda limestone in a cut on the Southern Pacific Railroad. Plate 4 : Photograph, looking toward the east, of a trench dug in ore material in a break in the Buda limestone, at point 5, figure 2. Plate 5a : Photograph looking northeast along the strike of a break which is about a half mile west of Shumla. Plate 5b : Photograph, looking south and west along Bird's Nest canyon, one mile east of Langtry

51 p., 5 leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Val Verde County, Texas

northlimit=301500, westlimit=1014500, eastlimit=1005000, southlimit=291000

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