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Shaded relief map of the Llano Estacado. Texas contains a wide variety of geologic settings. The state's stratigraphy has been largely influenced by marine transgressive-regressive cycles during the Phanerozoic, with a lesser but still significant contribution from late Cenozoic tectonic activity, as well as the remnants of a Paleozoic mountain range.
Barringer Hill is a drowned geological and mineralogical site in central Texas. It lies on the former west side of the Colorado River , beneath Lake Buchanan , about 22 miles (35 km) northeast of the town of Llano .
While the site is owned by the Texas General Land Office, it was leased to Texas Rare Earth Resources beginning in May 2011 for the exploration and development of the site's rare-earth elements. [15] The United States was the leading producer of rare-earth elements until the 1990s when lower production costs in China caused other mines to close ...
StarCraft: Insurrection (also known as Insurrection: Campaigns for StarCraft) is an expansion pack to the StarCraft video game with new campaign missions and multiplayer maps. It was licensed by Blizzard Entertainment to be developed by Canadian studio Aztech New Media and was released on June 10, 1998 for Windows .
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.
In its first month on sale, StarCraft II sold a total of three million copies worldwide. [119] As of December 2010, the game has sold nearly 4.5 million units. [120] The game was also heavily pirated, reportedly being downloaded over 2.3 million times, and setting a record for most data transferred by a single torrent in only three months. [121]
The Republic of Texas is admitted into the United States as the State of Texas (December 29, 1845) 4 George W. Smyth: March 20, 1848 – August 4, 1851 Defeated Ward in 1848 election: Democratic 5 [b] Stephen Crosby: August 4, 1851 – March 1, 1858 [11] Democratic 6 [c] Francis M. White: March 1, 1858 – March 1, 1862 [11] Democratic 5 ...
The expansion pack introduces new campaigns, map tilesets, music, extra units for each race, and upgrade advancements. The campaigns continue the story from where the original StarCraft ended, [4] with the sequel, StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, continuing from the conclusion of Brood War. The expansion was released first in the United States ...