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Search this Pub. Contents A Partial report on the geology of western Texas, consisting of a general geological report and a journal of geological observations along the routes traveled by the expedition between Indianola, Texas and the valley of the Mimbres, New Mexico, during the years 1855 and 1856; with an appendix giving a detailed report on the geology of Grayson County INTRODUCTION CHAPTER I. QUATERNARY DEPOSITS. TERTIARY SYSTEM. CHAPTER II. SECONDARY PERIOD. CRETACEOUS SYSTEM. 1. UPPER CRETACEOUS OR CALCAREOUS GROUP. LITHOLOGICAL CHARACTER. RANGE, EXTENT, AND THICKNESS. LOCAL DIFFERENCES. PALEONTOLOGY. PHYSICAL FEATURES. ECONOMICAL GEOLOGY. BUILDING MATERIALS. ROAD MATERIALS. USEFUL MINERALS. METALLIC ORES. AGRICULTURAL CHARACTER. SPRINGS. CHAPTER III. 2. LOWER CRETACEOUS OR MARLY CLAY GROUP. LITHOLOGICAL CHARACTER. EXTENT AND THICKNESS. PHYSICAL FEATURES. ORIGIN. PALEONTOLOGY. ECONOMICAL GEOLOGY. CHAPTER IV. PALEOZOIC PERIOD. CARBONIFEROUS SYSTEM. 1. COAL MEASURES. CHAPTER V. 2. MOUNTAIN LIMESTONE,OR LOWER CARBONIFEROUS. EXTENT AND THICKNESS. LOCAL DIFFERENCES. PHYSICAL CHARACTER. ECONOMICAL GEOLOGY. LOWER SILURIAN SYSTEM. CHAPTER VI. ERUPTIVE ROCKS. MOUNTAIN RANGES. WITCHITA MOUNTAINS. LIMPEA MOUNTAINS. HUECO MOUNTAINS. MIMBRES MOUNTAINS. ORGAN MOUNTAINS. VOLCANIC RANGE. CHAPTER I. FROM INDIANOLA TO SAN ANTONIO DE BEXAR. SAN ANTONIO DE BEXAR. CHAPTER II. FROM SAN ANTONIO DE BEXAR TO FORT CLARK. CHAPTER III. FROM FORT CLARK TO THE LOWER EMIGRANT CROSSING OF THE RIO PECOS. CHAPTER IV. FROM THE LOWER EMIGRANT CROSSING OF THE RIO PECOS TO THE MOUTH OF DELAWARE CREEK.   Browse view entire publication   view all images from this publication

A PARTIAL REPORT ON THE GEOLOGY OF WESTERN TEXAS CONSISTING OF A GENERAL GEOLOGICAL REPORT AND A Journal of Geological Observations along the Routes Traveled by the Expedition between Indianola, Texas, and the Valley of the Mimbres, New Mexico, during the Years 1855 and 1856; with an Appendix giving a Detailed Report on the Geology of Grayson County. BY PROF. GEO. G. SHUMARD, ASSISTANT STATE GEOLOGIST OF TEXAS. AUSTIN:STATE PRINTING OFFICE. 1886.