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2001
Late Miocene to Early Pleistocene geologic history of Isleta and Hubbell Spring quadrangles based on 40Ar/39Ar ages and geochemical correlation of volcanic rocks
D. W. Love1, N. Dunbar1, W. C. McIntosh1, C. McKee1, S. D. Connell2, P. B. Jackson-Paul2 and J. Sorrell3 1New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801
Petrography of Upper Santa Fe Group deposits in the northern Albuquerque Basin, New Mexico-preliminary results
N. N. Derrick1 and S. D. Connell2 1Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801, nderrick@nmt.edu 2New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, 2808 Central Ave.,
Indigenous geoscience education on the Navajo Nation
Steven C. Semken Division of Mathematics, Science, and Technology and WERC, Dine College, Shiprock, Navajo Nation, NM, 87420-0580, scsemken@shiprock.ncc.cc.nm.us Indigenous (place-based, culturally-integrated) geoscience education has drawn increasing interest from educators and institutions serving Native American
Stratigraphy of the Sierra Ladrones Formation type area, southern Albuquerque Basin, Socorro County, New Mexico-preliminary results
Sean D. Connell1, D. W. Love1, P. B. Jackson-Paul1, S. G. Lucas2, G. Morgan2, R. M. Chamberlin3, W. C. McIntosh3 and N. W. Dunbar3 1New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute
Albuquerque’s geoscape–a poster about the local geology
Joan Newsom1, Larry Crumpler2 and Jayne Aubele 1Wilson Middle School, Albuquerque Public Schools, Albuquerque, NM, newsom@aps.edu 2New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, Albuquerque, NM Albuquerque’s Geoscape is a poster about Albuquerque’s geology that
Subsurface stratigraphy and stratigraphic correlations from Taos deep drilling and groundwater exploration program
Paul Drakos1, Meghan Hodgins1, Jay Lazarus1 and Jim Riesterer1 1Glorieta Geoscience, Inc., drakos@glorietageo.com Lithologic and geophysical data from the deep ground water exploration program in the Taos area are used to delineate variations in thickness
Ground-water resources in the Mimbres, Hachita-Moscos, Playas, and Animas-Lordsburg basin systems of southwestern New Mexico
John W. Hawley1 and John F. Kennedy1 1New Mexico Water Resources Research Institute, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, hgeomat@rt66.com Except for surface flow in the upper Gila and Mimbres River valleys, the primary
Description and models of distinctive calcium-carbonate nodules and discontinuous cementation from shallow ground-water seepage in hanging walls of Pleistocene faults
D. W. Love1 and T. M. Whitworth2 1New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, New Mexico, 87801 2Department of Geological and Petroleum
Comparison of the subsurface stratigraphy of the Santa Fe Group and well test data, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Patricia B. Jackson-Paul1 and S. D. Connell1 1New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 2808 Central Ave SE, Albuquerque, NM, 87106, patty@gis.nmt.edu Slug tests were performed on
A taphonomic comparison of two Late Triassic (Chinle Group) fossil localities from New Mexico
K. E. Zeigler1, A. B. Heckert1 and Spencer G. Lucas2 1Dept. Earth & Planet Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, kaerowyn@unm.edu 2New Mexico Museum of Natural History, Albuquerque, NM, 87104 New Mexico Museum
Stratigraphy of Lower Santa Fe Group deposits in the Hagan embayment and near Zia Pueblo, New Mexico-implications for Oligo-Miocene development of the Albuquerque Basin
Sean D. Connell1, S. M. Cather1, W. C. McIntosh1, N. D. Dunbar1, D. J. Koning2 and R. H. Tedford3 1New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801
I’m with the government, I’m here to help
Eleanore L. Nestlerode New Mexico State Land Office, Santa Fe, NM, enestlerode@slo.state.nm.us One of the realities of any geologic exploration or exploitation prospect is arranging for the rights to explore and exploit. Since the State
Monazite ages determined by electron microprobe analysis of schist from the Rincon Range, southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains, New Mexico
Adam S. Read1, Nelia W. Dunbar1 and Michael J. Jercinovic2 1New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, adamread@gis.nmt.edu 2University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA In-situ dating
Southern extension of the Joyita uplift-stratigraphic evidence of a buried uplift
Robert M. Colpitts Badger Mining Corporation, Pahrump, NV, bcolpitts@wizard.com The Joyita Uplift developed during the Permo-Pennsylvanian Ancestral Rockies Orogeny. It is exposed in the Joyita Hills of central New Mexico. Baars traced the uplift north
Along-strike variations on the Pajarito Fault system, Los Alamos, New Mexico
Alexis Lavine1, Jamie N. Gardner1, Steven L. Reneau1, Giday Woldegabriel1 and Claudia J. Lewis1 1Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, 87545, alavine@lanl.gov We have developed a method of geologic
Stable isotopic investigation of cave pools in Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico
B. Talon Newton1, Andrew R. Campbell1, H. J. Turin2, F. M. Phillips3 and M. A. Plummer3 1Earth and Environmental Science Department, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, tnewton@nmt.edu 2Los Alamos Laboratory, Los
Vadose-zone infiltration velocities inferred from radioisotopes in cave pools, Lechuguilla Cave, New Mexico
M. A. Plummer1, H. J. Turin2, M. L. Thompson3 and F. M. Phillips3 1New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, 87801, mplummer@nmt.edu 2Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, 87545 3New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, 87801 Quantifying
Hydrologic impacts of the Cerro Grande wildfire
Stephen G. McLin Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, sgm@lanl.gov The Cerro Grande Wildfire burned about 47,650 acres (19,280 ha) onPajarito Plateau near Los Alamos, New Mexico, in May 2000. Topographically, this burned area
A comparison of sediment production on chemically treated and untreated sagebrush rangeland in the Rio Puerco headwaters near Cuba, New Mexico
Regina G. Rone1, Tim J. Ward2, D. W. Love3 and J. B. J. Harrison4 1Dept. of Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, 87801, gismo@nmt.edu 2Dept. of Civil Engineering, Univ. of New Mexico,
The origin of turquoise at the Iron Mask mine, Orogrande mining district, Otero County, New Mexico
Joseph C. Crook Department of Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 Turquoise, Cu2+AI6(PO4)4(OH)8, occurs in a shale unit of the Gobbler Fm. at the Iron Mask Mine
Preliminary geologic observations of the Victorio mining district, Luna County, New Mexico
Kelly Donahue1, Virginia T. McLemore2 and Andrew Campbell3 1Dept. of Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801, keldogg@nmt.edu 2New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, Socorro, NM,
Formation of spherulites at Rock-Hound State Park-The result of high temperature crystallization from rhyolitic lava
N. W. Dunbar1 and V. T. McLemore1 1New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, 87801, nelia@nmt.edu Rhyolitic lava flows at Rockhound State Park contain numerous spherulites (thundereggs) ranging in
Changing eruption dynamics responsible for complexly stratified fall tephra in the Upper Miocene Peralta Tuff, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico
Sharon E. Sparks1 and Gary A. Smith1 1Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, ssparks@unm.edu Upper Miocene pyroclastic-fall deposits in the southeastern Jemez Mountains consist of a distinct tripartite
Age of hydrothermal manganese mineralization in the Luis Lopez Manganese district determined by 40Ar/39Ar dating of cryptomelane
V. W. Lueth1, Lisa Peters1 and Richard Chamberlin1 1New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources, New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, New Mexico, 87808-4796, vwlueth@nmt.edu Cryptomelane, KMn8O16, samples from the Nancy and