Texas Indians and Geology

Back by popular demand!
Join Me as I explore some of the beautiful Texas Hill Country and search for fossils, Celestite Crystals and Flint that the Ancient Indians used and Ancient Volcanic rock from a time that goes back to the Cretaceous Era!

[@billwilson-es5yn]

You were walking on top of the sncient remains of the Ouachita Mountain Range that once was joined with the Appalachian Mountain Range that was created when Rodina became part of Pangea. That collision created the faults west of the Balcones Escarpment. The Balcones is a long flexure fault cause by the basement rock to the east drooping down from the weight of miles of sediments that accumulated on top of it. That created a big crack in the ground where the east side tilted toward the gulf eroded faster to reveal the strata west of the crack. Myron Cook has two excellent videos about the creation of the GoM and the coastal plains east of the Balcones. I live up in NE Texas where the gulf first started accumulating layers of salt and sediment. Those layers are responsible for all of our oil and gas fields along with the Smackover Brine Formation that's very rich in lithium and bromine. One small company has had very good results removing the lithium by using membranes so Exxon recently spent $100 million on acquiring mineral rights to mine the brine. The formation extends into NE Texas where two other companies have found even greater concentrations of lithium. These will be low cost operations that may put Thaçher Pass out of business before it gets started.

[@angstrommanagement3016]

great informative video Josh, what an amazing property youve got there, thanks for sharing!

[@Are_Guy936]

Are you near san Marcos if so you should do a video of purgatory creek site

[@FacesintheStone]

Very interesting man, I just moved out here from North Carolina. I’ve got some friends at the Gault site. I plan on continuing the research and have been working for a year and a half to share this w people. I’m glad to see other locals trying to fill the space that archaeologists fail in.

[@billwilson-es5yn]

There's nothing special about that region other than being a Stone Age industrial site where the natives mined flint that they turned into points for the traders. Archeologists have found sites like that all across the country where flint and cherts out ripped or were exposed by erosion. Stephen F. Austin found several different tribal bands residing together by flint quarries when surveying his land grant from Mexico. They were most likely trading points with the Comanche and Apache for bison meat and hides then more with neighboring tribes that raised corn, beans and squash.

[@richpeterson3646]

Very interesting report, Josh. Thank you. Let me suggest that you hold your phone horizontally and you'll get screen filling video.

[@AncientAmnesia]

@@richpeterson3646 thanks for the advice sir!

[@bulldog3455]

Camera view is annoying... but subscribed

[@JoeDubs432]

God stuff man !! How have you been old friend?

[@AncientAmnesia]

Long time no talk good friend. Text me when you get this and let's catch up!

[@alanmoffat4680]

Flint or chert?

[@AncientAmnesia]

Flint

[@TexasTrosper]

My geology professor said the light color was chert and the darker color was flint.

[@johncjessome1]

love it

[@timhayes1756]

Buy a real camers, please.

[@LauraSolomon-u3o]

That, too.