• The Llano Uplift is a geologically ancient, low geologic dome that is about 90 miles (140 km) in diameter and located mostly in Llano, Mason, San Saba...
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    through the Llano Uplift, a roughly circular geologic dome of Precambrian rock, primarily granite, located in Central Texas. Flowing through Llano County,...
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    and Texas. Another related uplift is the Llano Uplift in Texas, a geographical location named after its uplift features. The Colorado Plateau which includes...
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    ancient faulting that produced the Llano Uplift is believed to be related to that which produced the Marathon Uplift in west Texas. Both may have been...
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    Texas Hill Country (category Geography of Llano County, Texas)
    a height of 800 ft (240 m) above the Llano River in Kingsland. The Hill Country also includes the Llano Uplift and the second-largest granite dome in...
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  • Grant. Llano, Texas, a small city in Llano County, Texas Llano County, Texas Llano River, a Texas river Llano Uplift, a geologic dome exposing Precambrian...
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  • Tectonic uplift, the geologic uplift of Earth's surface attributed to plate tectonics Uplift mountains, the result of orogeny Llano Uplift, a geologic...
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    Enchanted Rock (category Landforms of Llano County, Texas)
    mountain located in the Llano Uplift about 17 miles (27 km) north of Fredericksburg, Texas and 24 miles (39 km) south of Llano, Texas, United States. Enchanted...
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    listed taxa were preserved in the Llano Uplift area. Vertebrates included armored fishes, also preserved in the Llano Uplift. Contemporary placoderms were...
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    polarity reversed to bring the colliding continent north, since the Llano Uplift, which records the history of the Grenville in Texas, bears no evidence...
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  • Precambrian rock formation that outcrops on the southeastern side of the Llano Uplift in Gillespie and Blanco counties, Texas. The Coal Creek Serpentinite...
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    porphyritic rhyolite dike that intrudes Precambrian metamorphics in the Llano Uplift of central Texas. Published radiometric dating on this llanite indicates...
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    It is bounded by the Balcones Fault to the south and east; the Llano Uplift and the Llano Estacado to the north; and the Pecos River and Chihuahuan Desert...
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    southwest of Mason Mountain, on the Edwards Plateau and part of the Llano Uplift. Its population was 2,121 at the 2020 census. The first settler is thought...
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  • hypabyssal rhyolite with microcline and blue quartz phenocrysts from the Llano Uplift in Texas Luxullianite – Rare type of granite Mangerite – Plutonic intrusive...
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    unconformities in the immediate vicinity of granite terrains. Arkosic sand in the Llano Uplift, Texas, with granite outcrops Grus sand and the granitoid it's derived...
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    The Llano Estacado (Spanish: [ˈʝano estaˈkaðo]), sometimes translated into English as the Staked Plains, is a region in the Southwestern United States...
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    landmark hill that stands five miles southwest of Kingsland, Texas in eastern Llano County on State Highway 71 and is of interest to both historians and geologists...
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    series of isolated outliers capped by limestone that underlies both the Llano Uplift on the west and the Grand Prairies escarpment on the east. The southern...
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    located on the eastern edge of a Mesoproterozoic exposure within the Llano Uplift. The local rocks are named for the park as the Inks Lake Gneiss, a granitic...
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    topaz are found in Precambrian granite in Mason County, Texas within the Llano Uplift. There is no commercial mining of topaz in that area. It is possible...
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    MIRV ballistic missiles. After an attempt to resite the project in the Llano Uplift of Texas was also stopped by public opposition, the Navy abandoned Sanguine...
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    shales. The Great Plains include the Llano Estacado, the Panhandle, Edwards Plateau, Toyah Basin, and the Llano Uplift. It is bordered on the east by the...
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    excavated for gold on the Llano Uplift of central Texas. Gold prospects include the Heath mine and the Babyhead district, both in Llano County, and the Central...
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    These faults and associated structures formed during development of the Llano Uplift and Fort Worth Basin with faulting ending by the early Missourian. Evolution...
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    East Texas and South Texas regions were divided by an extension of the Llano Uplift known as the San Marcos Arch. Primary basins active during Eagle Ford...
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    specimens from Llano County, Texas have been noted for their rusty brown color similar to the red granite characteristic of much of the Llano Uplift. Cophosaurus...
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    source to millions. Almost in the center of these Cretaceous rocks is the Llano Uplift, a geologic dome of Precambrian gneiss, schist, and granite, surrounded...
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    Spy Rock is a pink granite dome located in the Llano Uplift in Mason County, Texas, rising 1,749 feet (533 m) feet above sea level. The peak is located...
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    shallow-water marine formations deposited on a southeastward flank of the Llano Uplift, through a number of sea regressions and transgressions. Wells drilled...
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