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  2. Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument - Wikipedia

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    Alibates Flint Quarries was the only national monument in the state of Texas until the Military Working Dog Teams National Monument was created in 2013, and is adjacent to and managed together with Lake Meredith National Recreation Area.

  3. List of quarries in the United States - Wikipedia

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    According to Marble.com, in 2016 there were 276 quarries producing natural stone in 34 states, and states producing the most granite were Texas, Massachusetts, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Georgia. [1] The term "quarry" refers also to sites producing aggregate, molding sand, or other resources besides cut stone.

  4. Granite Mountain (Texas) - Wikipedia

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    Granite Mountain is a solid dome, also known as a bornhardt, of pink granite (pink granite is also known as Sunset Red) rising over 860 feet one mile west of Marble Falls, Texas. Since quarry operations began in the late 19th century, the distinctive pink-red colored rock has been used in the construction of the Texas State Capitol in Austin ...

  5. Alamo Quarry Market - Wikipedia

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    The Alamo Quarry Market is a lifestyle center located in the Lincoln Heights neighborhood of north central San Antonio in the U.S. state of Texas, near the cities of Alamo Heights and Terrell Hills. It once functioned as a cement plant until it was abandoned.

  6. Quarry, Texas - Wikipedia

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    Quarry is an unincorporated community in northern Washington County, Texas, United States It lies along State Highway 36 , northwest of the city of Brenham , the county seat of Washington County. [ 1 ]

  7. Texas State Highway 36 - Wikipedia

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    FM 929 – Coryell City, Woodman State Jail, Texas Department of Criminal Justice Hughes Unit Bus. SH 36 east (State School Road) / FM 215: Interchange FM 182 north – Turnersville FM 2955 north – Pancake: Jonesboro: FM 217 east – Mosheim: Hamilton: FM 1602 north – Fairy: Hamilton: SH 22 east – Meridian: east end of SH 22 overlap

  8. Geology of the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex - Wikipedia

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    Cretaceous Formations of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex Geologic map and the labeled geologic formations that lie directly beneath the surface in Dallas County Cretaceous formations of Texas Where the DFW Metroplex was located during the last super continent known as Pangea Placement of Tectonic Plates and DFW location around ≈94 million years ago The Cretaceous rocks in the DFW Metroplex ...

  9. Llano Uplift - Wikipedia

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    Llano Uplift - geologic map. The Llano Uplift can be considered an uplift by either its pattern on a geological or structural map of the top of the Precambrian rocks. It qualifies as an uplift because it consists of an extensive Precambrian basement high that is exposed by virtue of its surface lying significantly above in elevation the surface of surrounding Precambrian basement.