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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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1997

Geochronologic and microstructural evidence for 1.4 Ga deformation in the southern Manzano Mountains, New Mexico

Steven. Ralser1, D. M. Unruh2, L. B. Goodwin1 and Paul W. Bauer3 1Dept. of Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, New Mexico, 87801 2USGS, Denver, CO, Colorado, 80225 3New Mexico Bureau of

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Infrared microscopic analysis of New Mexico pyrite

Terry Thomas1 and Jerzy Kulis1 1Department of Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 Pyrite, like most sulfide minerals, is opaque in thin section to visible light and

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Theropod specimens from New Mexico in the Paleontological Museum, University of Uppsala, Sweden

Thomas E. Williamson1 and R. M. Sullivan2 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87104-1375 2The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Third and North Streets, P.O. Box

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A regional geochemical atlas for part of Socorro County, New Mexico

James M. Watrus1 and Phillip. Kyle1 1New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 For accurate interpretations of geochemical data in environmental and exploration studies it is crucial that the natural concentrations of

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40Ar/39Ar dating of inclusions in quartz at the Capitan Pluton, New Mexico

S. A. Wilson New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801, sawilson@nmt.edu The dating of mineralization events is critical for understanding the genesis of ore deposits. Many economic deposits contain few hydrothermal minerals

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The Paleocene Chico Springs locality, Nacimiento Formation, San Juan Basin, New Mexico

Thomas E. Williamson1 and Spencer G. Lucas1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road, NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104-1375 The Cruco Springs locality (= “Gallegos Canyon” and “AMNH locality 1”) is one

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