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Terlingua (/ t ər ˈ l ɪ ŋ ɡ w ə / tər-LING-gwə) is a mining district and census-designated place (CDP) in southwestern Brewster County, Texas, United States. It is located near the Rio Grande and the villages of Lajitas and Study Butte, Texas , as well as the Mexican state of Chihuahua .
The population grew from 710 in 1890 to 5,220 in 1910 due for the most part to industries that relied on natural resources. [5] From the turn of the 20th century through World War II, the Terlingua Mining District, west of the Chisos Mountains, was a boom town due to the extraction of cinnabar, a mercury ore. Silver and lead from mines on the ...
It was discovered in 1900 in the Terlingua District of Brewster County, Texas, for which it is named. [5] Its color is yellow, greenish yellow, brown, or olive green.
Location of Brewster County in Texas. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Brewster County, Texas. This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Brewster County, Texas.
Big Bend National Park is a national park of the United States located in West Texas, bordering Mexico.The park has national significance as the largest protected area of Chihuahuan Desert topography and ecology in the United States, [3] and was named after a large bend in the Rio Grande/Río Bravo. [4]
Terlingua stratigraphic column – Buda Limestone. The Buda Limestone is a dense white to yellow sparry limestone with numerous calcite veins that weathers to yellowish or pinkish due to its iron content. In far western Texas, the formation overlies the Del Rio Formation and is in turn overlain by the Eagle Ford Group. The total thickness is ...
Terlingua Common School District (TCSD) is a public school district based in unincorporated Brewster County, in the U.S. state of Texas. Its only school, Big Bend High School , is located adjacent to the Study Butte census-designated place , and with a Terlingua postal address.
Terlingua Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Texas. It is a tributary of the Rio Grande. See also. List of rivers of Texas; List of tributaries of the Rio Grande;