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Spring Meeting Abstracts

Explore research presented at the NMGS Annual Spring Meeting. Browse abstracts from 1983 onward, choose a meeting year, or open an abstract to read the full text.

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1984

Geology of the Kingston mining district with detailed work on the Black Colt mine

Peter A. Sanders1 and Thomas H. Giordano2 1Redco Silver Inc. Enterprise, UT 2New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM The Kingston Mining district is located on the east flank of the flack Range, approximately 50

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Stratigraphy, structure, and geochemistry of volcanic rocks in the northern Black Range, Sierra County, New Mexico–Evidence for the northern margin of the Emory cauldron, lat. 33°15’00″N

Richard J. Abitz Department of Geology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 The margin of a mid-Tertiary volcano-tectonic structure, the Emory cauldron, lies in the northern Black Range. Kneeling Nun Tuff (the ashflow tuff

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Determination of source characteristics for recent microearthquake swarms in the Socorro area

Jon P. Ake1, S. P. Jarpe1 and A. R. Sanford1 1Geoscience Department and Geophysical Research Center, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 During May and July 1983 two distinct microearthquake swarms

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Geology of the Cochiti mining district, Sandoval County, New Mexico

Gary A. Parkison1, Karl M. Emanuel1, David J. Wronkiewicz2 and David I. Norman2 1NICOR Mineral Ventures, Inc., Albuquerque, NM 2New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, 87801 The Cochiti or Bland Mining District is located about fifty

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Geology of the Carrizo Mountains, Lincoln County, New Mexico

David J. Pertl1, Jock A. Campbell1 and Albert M. Kudo2 1Department of Geosciences, West Texas State University, Canyon, TX, 79016 2Department of Geology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 The Carrizo Mountains are located

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Devonian and Mississippian stratigraphy and depositional environments in the Big Hatchet Mountain of southwestern New Mexico

Darrell G. Moore Texas Tech University, TX Petrographic and stratigraphic characteristics of Upper Devonian and Lower Mississippian strata in the Big Hatchet Mountains were examined. The Upper Devonian Percha Shale rests unconformably on the Upper

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Types of epithermal deposits

David I. Norman1, Khosrow Bazrafshan1 and Ted L. Eggleston1 1Department of Geoscience New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 Hydrothermal systems can vary from oxidizing to very reducing. Oxidizing systems deposit Mn-Fe-W-Sn-Pb-Zn-Ag

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Geology of the Dripping Gold prospect, Mogollon mining district

Charles A. Wolfe Western New Mexico University, Silver City, NM, 88061 The Dripping Gold lode claim is an example of an epithermal precious metal deposit of volcanogenic origin. It is located in T. 11S., R.

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Biostratigraphic significance of Coryphodon species from lower Eocene Regina Member, San Jose Formation, San Juan Basin, New Mexico

Spencer G. Lucas Department of Geology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 Three species of Coryphodon (Mammalia. Pantodonta) are present in the Regina Member of the San Jose Formation: C. simus (Cope, 1874), C.

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The determination of trace-element concentrations contained in the fluid inclusions of quartz

Charles E. Baron1 and David I. Norman1 1Geoscience Department New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 Fluid inclusiqn waters in quartz have been analyzed to determine trace element concentrations. Samples were obtained

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Comparison of copper-bearing skarn deposits in the Central mining district, New Mexico

Virgil W. Lueth University of Texas, El Paso, TX A detailed study of skarn mineralization in the Lake Valley Formation and Magdalena Group in the Central mining district indicates the presence of two different types

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Geology, character, and controls of epithermal silver mineralization in the Carbonate Creek area, Kingston, New Mexico

Vertrees McNeil Canby1 and Rex L., III Evatt2 1Department of Geoscience, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 2Department of Geology, Western New Mexico University, Silver City, NM, 88061 The silver-gold deposits

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Seismic wave attenuation in the upper crust of the Rio Grande rift near Socorro, New Mexico

Philip J. Carpenter1 and Allan R. Sanford1 1Geoscience Department and Geophysical Research Center, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 Spectra from over 400 digitally rec orded microearthquakes in the magnitude range

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Geology and precious metal occurrences of the San Jose district, Socorro County, New Mexico

Jon Foruria Colorado State University, CO The San Jose district encompasses several silver-gold “fissure type” vein occurrences hosted within the Oligocene Vicks Peak Tuff. The Vicks Peak rhyolite is a thick, densely to partially welded

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