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Mogollon Slope (West-Central New Mexico and East-Central Arizona)

1994
335 pages

Richard M. Chamberlin, Barry S. Kues, Steven M. Cather, James M. Barker and William C. McIntosh, eds, 1994, 335 pages. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-45

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SKU: FFC-45

About this guidebook

The 1994 New Mexico Geological Society Fall Field Conference journeys through the serene outback of northeastern Catron County, New Mexico and part of adjacent Apache County, Arizona. We refer to this scenic terrane of volcanic capped ranges on the northern periphery of the Mogollon-Datil volcanic field and the downwarped southern margin of the Colorado Plateau as the Mogollon slope. The first day emphasizes the Cenozoic stratigraphy and structure of the Mogollon slope. The tour travels from Socorro to Magdalena, Datil, Westen Crosby Mountains, Sawtooth Mountains, Pie Town, Quemado and Quemado Lake. The second day traverses part of the northwestern margin of the late Eocene to late Oligocene Mogollon-Datil volcanic field. The route begins at Quemado Lake and on to Mangas Mountains, Omega, Quemado, Tejana Mesa and Red Hill, New Mexico and over into Springerville and Alpine in Arizona. On the final day the trip departs from Alpine, Arizona and goes on to Luna, Reserve, Apache Creek, Horse Springs and Datil, New Mexico.

Contents & downloads

Note — Downloads of the papers below are free.

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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 Socorro to Magdalena, Datil, western Crosby Mountains, Sawtooth Mountains, Pie Town, Qemado, Quemado Lake

Richard M. Chamberlin, Steven M. Cather, William C. McIntosh, Orin J. Anderson, and James C. Ratte, pp. 1-45.

Mini-papers

Geology and mining of the Socorro perlite deposit

James M. Barker, Timothy L. Hall, and Richard M. Chamberlin, pp. 2-3.

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Definition of the Mogollon Slope, west-central New Mexico

Richard M. Chamberlin and Steven M. Cather, pp. 5-6.

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Pluvial lakes of the Plains of San Agustin

Robert H. Weber, pp. 9-11.

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Soil, tectonic and climatic geomorphologic investigations in the San Agustin Plains area, New Mexico

Leslie D. McFadden, Richard P. Lozinsky, Christopher M. Menges, Jerry R. Miller, and John Ritter, pp. 12-14.

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The Crosby Mountain “Caldera”: A volcano-tectonic collage of disparate origin

Richard M. Chamberlin, pp. 16-18.

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Preliminary geologic interpretation of the ARMA Baca Basin seismic reflection profile, northeastern Catron County, New Mexico

Rodney M. Armstrong and Richard M. Chamberlin, pp. 32-33.

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Quemado Lake dam

William C. Haneberg, pp. 44.

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Second-day road log: From Quemado Lake to Mangas Mountains, Omega, Quemado, Tejana Mesa and Red Hill, New Mexico and Springerville and Alpine, Arizona

Steven M. Cather, Richard M. Chamberlin, William C. McIntosh, James C. Witcher, James C. Ratte, and Orin J. Anderson, pp. 47-77.

Mini-papers

Stratigraphic and structural implications of the Mangas Mountains Federal No. 1 Well

Richard M. Chamberlin, pp. 51.

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Hunt Oil Co. No. 1-16 State Well and wireline log responses, Tertiary and Cretaceous sections

Ronald F. Broadhead and Richard M. Chamberlin, pp. 55-56.

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Hydrogeology and ground-water quality, Largo Creek Basin, Catron County, New Mexico

Newcomer, Robert W., Jr., pp. 58-60.

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Petrologic summary of late Miocene volcanic rocks of El Porticito

W. Scott Baldridge, pp. 61.

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Soil development within and at the top of the Fence Lake Formation at Tejana Mesa

David W. Love, Bruce Harrison, and John W. Hawley, pp. 61-62.

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Upper Cretaceous rocks of the Tejana Mesa area and the Salt Lake coal field

Orin J. Anderson, pp. 63.

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Local misapplication of the term Eagar to upper Cretaceous strata in eastern Arizona

Steven M. Cather, pp. 68-69.

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Thermal regime of Alpine Divide and petroleum implications

James C. Witcher, Chandler A. Swanberg, and W. Richard. Hahman, pp. 74-76.

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Geothermal potential of the Alpine Divide area

James C. Witcher, Chandler A. Swanberg, and W. Richard. Hahman, pp. 76.

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Third-day road log, from Alpine, Arizona, to Luna, Reserve, Apache Creek, Horse Springs and Datil, New Mexico

James C. Ratte, D. J. Bove, S. M. Cather, R. M. Chamberlin, S. G. Crews, and W. C. McIntosh, pp. 79-111.

Mini-papers

Fauna from a small Pennsylvanian exposure near Luna, New Mexico

Barry S. Kues, pp. 80-82.

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Historical vignette of the town of Luna, Catron County, New Mexico

James C. Ratte, pp. 82-83.

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Landslides and highway maintenance in New Mexico

Susan Gallagher, pp. 84-85.

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The evolution of the mid-Tertiary Eagle Peak volcano, Catron County, New Mexico

Dana J. Bove, James C. Ratte, William C. McIntosh, Lawrence W. Snee, and Kiyoto Futa, pp. 86-89.

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Distinguishing young “True” basalts from Bearwallow Mountain Andesite

James C. Ratte, D. J. Bove, and Kiyoto Futa, pp. 91.

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Apache Creek archaelogy

Stermon. Wells, pp. 96-98.

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Permian strata at Horse Mountain

Spencer G. Lucas and Barry S. Kues, pp. 106-108.

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Supplemental road log: Tejana Mesa (El Porticito) to US-60 via Zuni Salt Lake Maar

Orin J. Anderson, Spencer G. Lucas, and William A. Cobban, pp. 113-115.

Roadlog References

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Papers

The Oligocene Goodsight-Cedar Hills half graben near Las Cruces and its implications to the evolution of the Mogollon-Datil volcanic field and to the southern Rio Grande rift

Greg H. Mack, Alice L. Nightengale, William R. Seager, and Russell E. Clemons, pp. 135-142.

Crustal structure of west-central New Mexico: a preliminary seismic interpretation

Donald G. Roberts, Donald C. Adams, and G. Randy Keller, pp. 143-145.

Volcanics and neotectonic characteristics of the Springerville volcanic field, Arizona

L. S. Crumpler, Jayne C. Aubele, and C. D. Condit, pp. 147-164.

40Ar/39Ar geochronology of middle to late Cenozoic ignimbrites, mafic lavas, and volcaniclastic rocks in the Quemado region, New Mexico

William C. McIntosh and Richard M. Chamberlin, pp. 165-185.

Are the western Mogollon-Datil mid-Cenozoic ash flows cogenetic? Pearce element ratios and isotopic aspects of the question

Michael Bikerman, pp. 187-192.

The Horse Springs Dacite–An enigmatic pyroclastic deposit at the edge of the Plains of San Agustin

James C. Ratte, Peter J. Modreski, William C. McIntosh, and Richard M. Chamberlin, pp. 193-207.

40Ar/39Ar geochronology of basaltic rocks and constraints on late Cenozoic stratigraphy and landscape development in the Red Hill-Quemado area, New Mexico

William C. McIntosh and Steven M. Cather, pp. 209-224.

Trace element and mineralogical alteration associated with moderate and advanced degrees of K-metasomatism in a rift basin at Socorro, New Mexico

Nelia W. Dunbar, C. E. Chapin, D. J. Ennis, and A. R. Campbell, pp. 225-231.

Alpine1/Federal corehole–Subsurface stratigraphy of the eastern White Mountains, Apache County, Arizona

James C. Witcher, W. Richard Hahman, and Chandler A. Swanberg, pp. 233-240.

Triassic stratigraphy in the Lucero uplift, Cibola, Valencia and Socorro Counties, New Mexico

Spencer G. Lucas and Andrew B. Heckert, pp. 241-254.

Westward extension of Seboyeta Bay, late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of west-central New Mexico

Orin J. Anderson and Spencer G. Lucas, pp. 255-257.

Tertiary stratigraphy and nomenclature for western New Mexico and eastern Arizona

Steven M. Cather, R. M. Chamberlin, and J. C. Ratte, pp. 259-266.

Stratigraphic nomenclature of the Tertiary of western New Mexico and eastern Arizona: An alternative proposal

Wolfgang E. Elston, pp. 267-268.

Upper Eocene and Oligocene volcaniclastic sedimentary stratigraphy of the Quemado-Escondido Mountain area, Catron County, New Mexico

Richard M. Chamberlin and James S. Harris, pp. 269-275.

Geology and alteration of the Kline Mountain kaolin deposit, Sierra County, New Mexico

Iskender Isik, Kenneth F. Clark, and George S. Austin, pp. 311-314.

Photointerpretation of late Pleistocene-Holocene rock glaciers on Sacaton Mountain and Escudilla Mountain, Datil-Mogollon upland, west-central New Mexico and east-central Arizona

John W. Blagbrough, pp. 315-321.

Back Matter

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

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Recommended citation

  1. Chamberlin, R. M.; Kues, B. S.; Cather, S. M.; Barker, J. M.; McIntosh, W. C.; [eds.], 1994, Mogollon Slope (West-Central New Mexico and East-Central Arizona), New Mexico Geological Society, Guidebook, 45th Annual Field Conference, 335 pp. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-45