Exposures of boulder bed member, a mile west of Housetop Mountain. Brewster County, Texas. 1931.
Dates
Date Taken
1931
Summary
Exposures of boulder bed member, a mile west of Housetop Mountain; knobs on hillside in middle distance are boulder of novaculite and of Pennsylvanian limestone; Caballos novaculite, Tesnus formation, Pennsylvanian limestone: diameter of each boulder given in feet (see published photo); sandstone and shales of Haymond formation underlying boulder bed member. Brewster County, Texas. June 1931. Plate 11-C, U.S.Geological Survey Professional paper 187. 1937.
Summary
Exposures of boulder bed member, a mile west of Housetop Mountain; knobs on hillside in middle distance are boulder of novaculite and of Pennsylvanian limestone; Caballos novaculite, Tesnus formation, Pennsylvanian limestone: diameter of each boulder given in feet (see published photo); sandstone and shales of Haymond formation underlying boulder bed member. Brewster County, Texas. June 1931. Plate 11-C, U.S.Geological Survey Professional paper 187. 1937.
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