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  2. East Texas iron ore belt - Wikipedia

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    The East Texas iron ore belt spans several counties, including Cherokee, Upshur, Camp, Gregg, Harrison, and others. The geology of the region is dominated by the Weches greensand, which consists of glauconitic sand and clay. This greensand is underlain by various sedimentary formations, including the Queen City sand member and the Sparta sand.

  3. Pattillo Higgins - Wikipedia

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    Pattillo Higgins was born to Roberto James and Sarah (Raye) Higgins on December 5, 1863, in Sabine Pass, Texas.His family moved to Beaumont when he was six years old. He attended school until he reached the fourth grade, after which he apprenticed as a gunsmith under his father's direction.

  4. Geology of Texas - Wikipedia

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    Texas has been the leading state in petroleum production since discovery of the Spindletop oil field in 1901. [11] As of October 2017, the State of Texas (if treated as its own nation) is the 7th largest oil producing nation in the world, with production totaling approximately 3.78 million barrels (600 thousand cubic meters ) per day of oil ...

  5. North Texas geologist honored for petroleum exploration prowess

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    A Midwestern State University graduate was named the 2023 recipient of a national award from the American Association of Petroleum Geologists in recognition of his success in petroleum exploration ...

  6. Eagle Ford Group - Wikipedia

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    Eagle Ford stratigraphic column Outcrop of the Eagle Ford and Austin Chalk Contact off Kiest Blvd, 1/2 mile east of Patriot Pky in Dallas County. The Eagle Ford Group (also called the Eagle Ford Shale) is a sedimentary rock formation deposited during the Cenomanian and Turonian ages of the Late Cretaceous over much of the modern-day state of Texas.

  7. Wilcox Group - Wikipedia

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    The Wilcox Group is an important geologic group in the Gulf of Mexico Basin and surrounding onshore areas from Mexico and Texas to Louisiana and Alabama. The group ranges in age from Paleocene to Eocene and is in Texas subdivided into the Calvert Bluff , Simsboro and Hooper Formations , [ 1 ] and in Alabama into the Nanafalia and Hatchetigbee ...

  8. Edwards Group - Wikipedia

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    Edwards Group stratigraphic column in Texas. The Edwards Group is a geologic group in Texas.It preserves fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period.. A stratigraphic column at the Mount Bonnell Fault location starts with the Lower Cretaceous Trinity Group overlain by the Edwards Group.

  9. East Texas Oil Field - Wikipedia

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    The East Texas Oil Field is a large oil and gas field in east Texas. Covering 140,000 acres (57,000 ha) and parts of five counties, and having 30,340 historic and active oil wells, it is the second-largest oil field in the United States outside Alaska, and first in total volume of oil recovered since its discovery in 1930. [ 1 ]