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Las Cruces Country

1975
376 pages

William R. Seager, Russell E. Clemons and Jonathan F.Callender, eds., 1975, 376 pages. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-26

$5.00

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


SKU: FFC-26

About this guidebook

Welcome to the twenty-sixth consecutive Fall Field Conference of the New Mexico Geological Society! The pervasive Silver Anniversary spirit of 1974 did not wane. The first day road log is from Las Cruces to southern San Andres Mountains and return. The tour route to the Ash Canyon-Love Ranch area of the southern San Andres Mountains first ascends the east slope of the Mesilla Valley to the floor of the Jornada del Muerto Basin. The tour route in and adjacent to the San Andres Mountains is on the White Sands Missile Range and National Wildlife Refuge reserves, and access is limited to parties with advance clearance and official escorts. The second day road log is from Las Cruces to the Sierra de las Uvas and Aden volcanic area. This tour emphasizes Cenozoic volcanic rocks and associated clastic units in basins west of the Mesilla Valley. The third day road log is from Las Cruces to North Mesilla Valley, Cedar Hills, San Diego Mountain, and Rincon area. This tour will emphasize middle to late Cenozoic stratigraphic units and structures along the Rio Grande Valley north of Las Cruces. Evidence of major Laramide uplift and early Tertiary erosion will be seen. The main route will be US-85 on the valley floor, with side trips into uplifts flanking Selden Canyon and Rincon Valley.

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 Las Cruces to southern San Andres Mountains and return

Frank E. Kottlowski and J. W. Hawley, pp. 1-16.

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Second day road from Las Cruces to the Sierra de las Uvas and Aden volcanic area and return

Russell E. Clemons, pp. 17-34.

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Third day road log from Las Cruces to north Mesilla Valley, Cedar Hills, San Diego Mountain, and Rincon area, New Mexico

John W. Hawley, W. R. Seager, and R. E. Clemons, pp. 35-53.

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Exit road log A: Rincon area to Derry Hills via Interstate 25 North

John W. Hawley and W. E. King, pp. 54-55.

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Exit road log B: Hatch to Deming via N.M. 26

John W. Hawley, W. R. Seager, and L. L. Corbitt, pp. 56-60.

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Exit road log C: Upham interchange to Anthony (N.M.-Texas)

J. W. Hawley, pp. 61-64.

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Exit road log D: Mesilla Valley to Tularosa Basin via U.S. 70 East

John W. Hawley and R. E. Clemons, pp. 65-68.

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Papers

Wolfcampian upper Hueco Formation of the Robledo Mountains, Dona Ana County, New Mexico

David V. LeMone, Ronald D. Simpson, and Karl W. Klement, pp. 119-121.

A note on the volcanic features of the Aden Crater area, southcentral New Mexico

Jerry M. Hoffer, pp. 131-134.

Geology and base metal mineralization of the southern Jarilla Mountains, Otero County, New Mexico

R. E. Beane, Jaramillo C., L. E., and M. S. Bloom, pp. 151-156.

Detection of geothermal components in groundwaters of Dona Ana County, southern Rio Grande Rift, New Mexico

Chandler A. Swanberg, pp. 175-180.

Rainfall-runoff relationships for a small semiarid watershed, western flank San Andres Mountains, New Mexico

William J. Stone and Daniel R. Brown, pp. 205-212.

Chemical quality of ground water in the northern part of the Albuquerque-Belen Basin, Bernalillo and Sandoval Counties, New Mexico

William L. Hiss, Frank W. Trainer, Bruce A. Black, and Douglas R. Posson, pp. 219-235.

Tectonic map of Rio Grande region from New Mexico-Colorado Border to Presidio, Texas

L. A. Woodward, J. F. Callender, J. Gries, W. R. Seager, C. E. Chapin, R. E. Zilinski, and W. L. Shaffer, pp. 239.

Significance of geothermal and gravity studies in the Las Cruces area

E. R. Decker, F. A. Cook, I. B. Ramberg, and S. B. Smithson, pp. 251-259.

Direct-current soundings on the La Mesa surface near Kilbourne and Hunts Holes, New Mexico

Dallas B. Jackson and Robert J. Bisdorf, pp. 273-275.

Emory Cauldron, Black Range, New Mexico, source of the Kneeling Nun Tuff

Wolfgang E. Elston, William R. Seager, and Russell E. Clemons, pp. 283-292.

Recommended citation

  1. Seager, W. R.; Clemons, R. E.; Callender, J. F.; [eds.], 1975, Las Cruces Country, New Mexico Geological Society, Guidebook, 26th Annual Field Conference, 376 pp. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-26