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Geology of the Sierra Blanca, Sacramento, and Capitan Ranges, New Mexico

1991
361 pages

James M. Barker, Barry S. Kues, George S. Austin and Spencer G. Lucas, eds., 1990, 450 pages. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42

$5.00

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


SKU: FFC-42

About this guidebook

The 1991 New Mexico Geological Society Fall Field Conference tours the south-central part of New Mexico after a 27-year hiatus (Guidebook 15). Topics in this guidebook range from several papers on the Precambrian, both as basement rocks and exposures, to Pleistocene glaciation. From discussions of the most basic and fundamental structures of the crust in this part of the world to the nuts-and-bolts of the economic potential for mineral development and to the history of Lincoln and Otero Counties. The first-day road log is from Inn of the Mountain Gods to Bent Dome, Tularosa, Alamogordo, Cloudcroft and return to Inn of the Mountain Gods. The second-day tour begins again at Inn of the Mountain Gods on to Hondo, Lincoln, Capitan and returns to Inn of the Mountain Gods. The third-day road log is from Inn of the Mountain Gods to Nogal, Carrizozo, White Oaks and Valley of Fires.

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 Inn of the Mountain Gods to Bent Dome, Tularosa, Alamogordo, Cloudcroft and return to Inn of the Mountain Gods

Colpitts, Robert M., Jr., George S. Austin, James M. Barker, Paul W. Bauer, W. Richard Hahman, John W. Hawley, and Richard P. Lozinsky, pp. 1-25.

Mini-papers

Climate of Cloudcroft-Ruidoso

Jerry E. Mueller, pp. 2-3.

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A short history of the Old Virginia mine

Paul W. Bauer, pp. 7.

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Structure and basin-fill units of the Tularosa Basin

Richard P. Lozinsky and Paul W. Bauer, pp. 7-9.

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Geomorphology and environmental concerns along the Sacramento escarpment, eastern Alamogordo

John W. Hawley, pp. 11-12.

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Oliver Lee Memorial State Park

Virginia T. McLemore, pp. 12-13.

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Late Pennsylvanian (Virgillian) phylloid-algal bioherms, Holder Formation, Dry Canyon

Donald F Toomey, pp. 14-16.

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The “Cloud-Climbing Railroad”–The Alamogordo and Sacramento Mountain Railway

Russell W. Jentgen, pp. 18-19.

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Additional comments on the “Cloud-Climbing Railroad”

Allen L. Bowman, pp. 19-20.

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Cloudcroft, New Mexico: “The breathing spot of the southwest”

Spencer. Wilson, pp. 20-22.

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Engineering geology of karst collapse features in a highway roadcut quarry, Otero County, New Mexico

W. Richard Hahman and Robert M. Colpitts, pp. 24-24.

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Second-day road log: From Inn of the Mountain Gods to Hondo, Lincoln, Capitan and return to Inn of the Mountain Gods

Steven M. Cather, Spencer G. Lucas, Virginia T. McLemore, and Colpitts, Robert M., Jr., pp. 27-46.

Mini-papers

Pajarita Mountain yttrium-zirconium deposit, Mescalero Apache Indian Reservation, Otero County, New Mexico

Virginia T. McLemore, pp. 30-32.

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Evaluation of basement control on the formation of the northern Tinnie fold belt, southeastern Lincoln County, New Mexico

David M. Burt, pp. 33-35.

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The Lincoln County war and the legend of Billy the Kid

Marjorie H. Austin, pp. 35-36.

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Tectonic overview of the Ruidoso region

Steven M. Cather, pp. 37-39.

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Smokey Bear Historical State Park

Virginia T. McLemore, pp. 40.

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Southeasternmost outcrops of the Morrison Formation, Capitan, Lincoln County, New Mexico

Spencer G. Lucas, pp. 41.

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Notes on the Smokey mine, Capitan iron deposits, Lincoln County, New Mexico

Clay T. Smith, pp. 42-44.

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Third-day road log: From Inn of the Mountain Gods to Nogal, Carrizozo, White Oaks and Valley of Fires

Spencer G. Lucas, Virginia T. McLemore, Adrian P. Hunt, Michael S. Allen, Steven M. Cather, and Mark Ouimette, pp. 47-70.

Mini-papers

Ore mineralogy and paragenesis, Great Western Mine, Lincoln County, New Mexico

Sheryl L. Eng, pp. 51-52.

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History of coal mining in the Sierra Blanca Coal Field, Lincoln and Otero Counties, New Mexico

Edward S. Slagle, pp. 54-57.

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Vegetation and plant communities of Lincoln County, New Mexico

Paul J. Knight, pp. 58.

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Captive mountain waters

Russell W. Jentgen, pp. 58.

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White Oaks: Gold, coal and scandal, but no railroad

Spencer Wilson, pp. 60-61.

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Gallinas Mountains mining district, New Mexico

Virginia T. McLemore, pp. 62-63.

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Some primary directional features of the Holocene Carrizozo, (Valley of Fires) pahoehoe basalt flow, Lincoln County, New Mexico

Wolfgang E. Elston, pp. 70.

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Mini-papers

The Capitan dike-and-sill swarm (Lincoln County, New Mexico) revisited

Wolfgang E. Elston, pp. 72-74.

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Roadlog References

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Papers

Geology of Proterozoic outcrops in Dead Man and Little San Nicolas Canyons, southern San Andres Mountains, New Mexico

Pamela J. Roths, pp. 91-96.

Geological, geochemical and isotopic characteristics of the Lincoln County porphyry belt, New Mexico: Implications for regional tectonics and mineral deposits

Michael S. Allen and Eugene E. Foord, pp. 97-113.

Th-U-REE quartz/fluroite veins, Capitan Pluton, New Mexico: Evidence for a magmatic/hydrothermal origin

Randall S. Phillips, Andrew R. Campbell, and Virginia T. McLemore, pp. 129-136.

A possible mid-Holocene age of the Carrizozo Malpais from paleomagnetics using secular variation magnetostratigraphy

Stephen L. Salyards, pp. 153-157.

Structural data from the Joyita uplift: Implications for Ancestral Rocky Mountain deformation within central and southern New Mexico

William C. Beck and Charles E. Chapin, pp. 183-190.

Eustatic and tectonic controls on cyclic sediment accumulation patterns in lower-middle Pennsylvanian strata of the Orogrande Basin, New Mexico

Thomas J. Algeo, James L. Wilson, and Kyger C. Lohmann, pp. 203-212.

Some pelecypods and scaphopods from the lower Wolfcampian (Basal Permian) Laborcita Formation, Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico

Barry S. Kues, pp. 231-242.

Stratigraphy and provenance of upper Cretaceous and Paleogene strata of the western Sierra Blanca Basin, New Mexico

Steven M. Cather, pp. 265-275.

Mammuthus from Linclon County and review of the mammoths from the Pleistocene of New Mexico

Spencer G. Lucas and James A. Effinger, pp. 277-282.

Geology of mineralization and associated alteration in the Capitan Mountains, Lincoln County, New Mexico

Virginia T. McLemore and Randall S. Phillips, pp. 291-298.

A geochemical survey of ferrous and selected base metals in the eastern half of the Capitan Mountains, Lincoln County, New Mexico

Scott T. Ellinger and Joseph C. Cepeda, pp. 299-304.

Preliminary observations on the mining history, geology, mineralization of the Jicarilla mining district, Lincoln County, New Mexico

Virginia T. McLemore, Mark Ouimette, and Robert W. Eveleth, pp. 311-316.

Fluid inclusion investigation of the mid-Tertiary Helen Rae gold mine, Nogal district, New Mexico

Andrew R. Campbell, James A. Porter, and Scott E. Douglass, pp. 317-321.

Gold mineralization associated with alkali trachyte breccia in the Gallinas mining district, Lincoln County, New Mexico

Lee A. Woodward and Michael S. Fulp, pp. 323-325.

The Mudpuppy-Waterdog prospect, an alkalic copper-gold porphyry system in the Nogal-Bonito mining district, Lincoln County, New Mexico

Michael S. Fulp and Lee A. Woodward, pp. 327-328.

Late Pleistocene rock glaciers in the western part of the Capitan Mountains, Lincoln County, New Mexico: Description, age and climatic significance

John W. Blagbrough, pp. 333-338.

Water resources of the Ruidoso-Carrizozo-Tularosa areas, Lincoln and Otero Counties, New Mexico

Newcomer, Robert W., Jr. and John W. Shomaker, pp. 339-341.

The hydrogeology of the Permian Yeso Formation within the upper Rio Hondo Basin and the eastern Mescalero Apache Indian Reservation, Lincoln and Otero Counties, New Mexico

Maryann Wasiolek, pp. 343-351.

Potential environmental threats in old mining areas–The High Rolls (Sacramento) mining district

Margaret Anne Rogers, William L. Mansker, and Donald W. (Pete) Peters, pp. 357-361.

Back Matter

(usually includes a stratigraphic column and/or correlation chart)

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Recommended citation

  1. Barker, J. M.; Kues, B. S.; Austin, G. S.; Lucas, S. G.; [eds.], 1991, Geology of the Sierra Blanca, Sacramento, and Capitan Ranges, New Mexico, New Mexico Geological Society, Guidebook, 42nd Annual Field Conference, 361 pp. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-42