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Mineralogy, by Edward H. Kraus, Walter F. Hunt, and Lewis S. Ramsdell. McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., New York, N. Y. (fifth edition, 1959).

Nonmetallic Minerals, by Raymond B. Ladoo and W. M. Meyers. McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., New York, N. Y. (second edition, 1951).

Rocks and Rock Minerals, by Louis V. Pirsson, revised by Adolph Knopf. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, N. Y. (third edition, 1947).

A Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals, by Frederick H. Pough. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, Mass. (third edition, 1960).

Mineral Facts and Problems, by the Staff of the Bureau of Mines. U. S. Bureau of Mines Bulletin 585. U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C. (1960).

Selected References on Texas Rocks and Minerals

Entries marked with an asterisk are published by the Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas, Austin. Those not out of print are distributed at nominal sale price, and a list of publications will be sent on request. These publications can be consulted at many public libraries and Chamber of Commerce offices.

*Report on the Pavitte Silver-Copper Prospect in Burnet County, Texas, by V. E. Barnes. Univ. Texas, Bureau Econ. Geol. Mineral Resource Survey Circ. 5 (1936).

*Report on the Sheridan Copper Prospect in Burnet County, Texas, by V. E. Barnes. Univ. Texas, Bur. Econ. Geol. Mineral Resource Survey Circ. 9 (1936).

*Building Stones of Central Texas, by V. E. Barnes, R. F. Dawson, and G. A. Parkinson. Univ. Texas Pub. 4246 (1947).

*Iron Ore in the Llano Region, Central Texas, by V. E. Barnes. Univ. Texas, Bur. Econ. Geol. Rept. Inves. No. 5 (1949).

*Utilization of Texas Serpentine, by V. E. Barnes, D. A. Shock, and W. A. Cunningham. Univ. Texas Pub. 5020 (1950).

*Lead Deposits in the Upper Cambrian of Central Texas, by V. E. Barnes. Univ. Texas, Bureau Econ. Geol. Rept. Inves. No. 26 (1956).

*Mineral Resources of the Colorado River Industrial Development Association Area, by J. W. Dietrich and J. T. Lonsdale. Univ. Texas, Bureau Econ. Geol. Rept. Inves. No. 37 (1958).

*Some Uranium Occurrences in West Texas, by D. H. Eargle. Univ. Texas, Bureau Econ. Geol. Rept. Inves. No. 27 (1956).

*A Preliminary Report on the Stratigraphy of the Uranium-Bearing Rocks of the Karnes County Area, South-Central Texas, by D. H. Eargle and J. L. Snider. Univ. Texas, Bureau Econ. Geol. Rept. Inves. No. 30 (1957).

The Brown Iron Ores of Eastern Texas, by E. B. Eckel. U. S. Geol. Survey Bull. 902 (1938).

*The Rustler Springs Sulphur Deposits as a Source of Fertilizer, by G. L. Evans. Univ. Texas, Bureau Econ. Geol. Rept. Inves. No. 1 (1946).

Origin of the Gulf Coast Salt-Dome Sulphur Deposits, by Herbert W. Feely and J. Lawrence Kulp. Bull. Amer. Assoc. Petrol. Geol., vol. 41, pp. 1802-1853 (1957).

*Pegmatites of the Van Horn Mountains, Texas, by P. T. Flawn. Univ. Texas, Bureau Econ. Geol. Rept. Inves. No. 9 (1951).

*The Hazel Copper-Silver Mine, Culberson County, Texas, by P. T. Flawn. Univ. Texas, Bureau Econ. Geol. Rept. Inves. No. 16 (1952).

*Basement Rocks of Texas and Southeast New Mexico, by P. T. Flawn. Univ. Texas Pub. 5605 (1956).

*Texas Miners Boost Talc Output, by P. T. Flawn. Univ. Texas, Bureau Econ. Geol. Rept. Inves. No. 35 (1958).

*Geology and Mineral Deposits of Pre-Cambrian Rocks of the Van Horn Area, Texas, by P. B. King and P. T. Flawn. Univ. Texas Pub. 5301 (1953).

*Igneous Rocks of the Balcones Fault Region of Texas, by J. T. Lonsdale. Univ. Texas Bull. 2744 (1927).

Mineral Resources of the Llano-Burnet Region, Texas, with an Account of the Pre-Cambrian Geology, by Sidney Paige. U. S. Geol. Survey Bull. 450 (1911).

*Mineral Resources of the Texas Coastal Plain (Preliminary Report), by J. M. Perkins and J. T. Lonsdale. Univ. Texas, Bureau Econ. Geol. Mineral Resource Circ. 38 (1955).

Geology and Ore Deposits of the Shafter Mining District, Presidio County, Texas, by C. P. Ross. U. S. Geol. Survey Bull. 928-B (1943).

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