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Black Mesa Basin (Northeastern Arizona)

1958
205 pages

Roger Y. Anderson and John W. Harshbarger, eds., 1958, 205 pages. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-9

$5.00

Research papers are free to download.
Roadlogs, mini-papers and some other sections are available in print.


SKU: FFC-9

About this guidebook

This ninth annual field conference is the first major excursion into the Black Mesa Basin. The conference is a joint venture between the New Mexico and Arizona societies. The first day, from Gallup to Holbrook, will reveal the structure of the Defiance uplift and monocline and the stratigraphy of the southeastern part of the basin. On the second day, from Holbrook to Flagstaff, the conference will enter the Black Mesa Basin and traverse volcanic fields, Pliocene lake beds, diatremes, and areas of ancient Indian cultures. On the third day, the conference will take a circuitous route through the San Francisco volcanic field to the Grand Canyon and reveal such features as Sunset Crater, the Cameron mining district, Marble Canyon, Glen Canyon, and the structural complexities along the western side of the basin. Finally an overnight trip into the Grand Canyon via the Kaibab Trail is available at the end of the third day.

Contents & downloads

Note — Downloads of the papers below are free.

Road logs, mini-papers, and some other sections of recent guidebooks are only available in print.

Front Matter

(includes Dedication, President’s Message, & Conference Organizer’s Message)

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Roadlogs

(each includes listed mini-papers)

First day road log from Gallup to Holbrook via St. Michaels, Lupton, and Petrified Forest National Momument

Edward C. Beaumont, pp. 12-21.

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Second day road log from Holbrook to U.S. Highway 89 west of Tuba City

J. P. Akers and W. L. Chenoweth, pp. 23-34.

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Road log from Gray Mountain Trading Post to Flagstaff, via U.S. Highway 89

Maurice E. Cooley, pp. 35-37.

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Flagstaff to Gray Mountain Trading Post, via Schulz Pass, Sunset Crater, and Wupatki

Maurice E. Cooley, pp. 40-45.

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Road log from Gray Mountain to the Gap and thence to Desert View

W. L. Chenoweth and J. P. Akers, pp. 45-53.

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Exit road log, Grand Canyon rim drives and Orphan Mine

W. L. Chenoweth, pp. 54–56.

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Exit road log Flagstaff via Williams Junction

W. L. Chenoweth, pp. 56-61.

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Papers

Moenkopi and Chinle Formations of Black Mesa and adjacent areas

J. P Akers, M. E. Cooley, and C. A. Repenning, pp. 88-94.

Stratigraphy of the uppermost Triassic and the Jurassic rocks of the Navajo country

John W. Harshbarger, C. A. Repenning, and J. H. Irwin, pp. 98-114.

Late Cretaceous stratigraphy of Black Mesa, Navajo and Hopi Indian Reservations, Arizona

H. G. Page and C. A. Repenning, pp. 115-122.

Tertiary stratigraphy of the Navajo country

Charles A. Repenning, J. F. Lance, and J. H. Irwin, pp. 123-129.

Catalogue of stratigraphic names of the Black Mesa Basin and adjacent areas

Daniel S. Turner, pp. 130-135.

The Pleistocene glaciation of the San Francisco Mountain, Arizona

Robert P. Sharp, pp. 151-152.

Oil and gas potentialities of northern Arizona

Silas C. Brown and Robert E. Lauth, pp. 153-160.

Summary of coal resources of the Black Mesa coal field, Arizona

R. B. O’Sullivan, pp. 169-171.

Ground water in Black Mesa Basin and adjacent areas

J. P. Akers and J. W. Harshbarger, pp. 172-183.

The geology and dating of Sunset Crater, Flagstaff, Arizona

Terah L. Smiley, pp. 186-190.

Sandstone cyclinders as possible guides to paleomovement of ground water

David A. Phoenix, pp. 194-196.

Recommended citation

  1. Anderson, R. Y.; Harshbarger, J. W.; [eds.], 1958, Black Mesa Basin (Northeastern Arizona), New Mexico Geological Society, Guidebook, 9th Annual Field Conference, 205 pp. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-9