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2014
Characterization of Clay and Associated Minerals at the Northstar Mine, Main Tintic District, Juab County, Utah
James E. Tabinski New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Pl, PO Box 2182, Socorro, NM, 87801, karzelek@gmail.com Northstar Clay Mines LLC currently operates the Northstar Mine, located near Mammoth, Utah in the Main Tintic District of
The Naashoibito is Latest Cretaceous
Matthew T. Heizler1, Thomas E. Williamson2, Daniel J. Peppe3 and Iain Mason4 1New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, 87801, USA, matt@nmbg.nmt.edu 2New Mexico Museum of Natural History and
Recharging the Tularosa Basin
Ethan A. Mamer1, B. Talon Newton1, Stacy Timmons1, Daniel J. Koning1 and Lewis A. Land2 1NMBG, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, emamer@nmbg.nmt.edu 2National Cave and Karst Research Institute, 400-1 Cascades Ave, Carlsbad, NM, 88220
U-Pb Geochronology of Sedimentary and Igneous Arc-Related Proterozoic Rocks in southern New Mexico
Chelsea F. Ottenfeld1 and Jeffrey M. Amato1 1New Mexico State University, Department of Geological Sciences/MSC 3AB, New Mexico State University, P.O. Box 30001, Las Cruces, NM, 88003, cfotten@nmsu.edu The Mazatzal province is thought to be
Fluoride Levels at Portales, Blackwater Draw and Oasis State Park
Katherine R. Hamilton Department of Geology, Eastern New Mexico University, 5309 N. Prince, Clovis, NM, 88101, hamilk02@enmu.edu Fluoride is a naturally occurring element in water, contributed from surrounding geological formations. Portales and surrounding water supplies
Characterization of Playa Lake Soil and Sediment in the Las Vegas National Wildlife Refuge: Implications for Natural Resource Management
Joel B. Stone1, Craig F. Conley1 and Octavio Ayala1 1Dept of Natural Sciences, New Mexico Highlands University, Box 9000, Las Vegas, NM, 87701, jstone@live.nmhu.edu Numerous waterfowl and other wildlife species inhabit the playa lake environment
The Hermit’s Peak Granite: Synkinematic Plutonism at 1.70 Ga in the Las Vegas Range, NM
Danielle Nicole Cedillo1 and Jennifer Lindline1 1New Mexico Highlands University, Box 9000, Las Vegas, NM, 87701, dcedillo_615@hotmail.com The Hermit’s Peak granite is a 1.70 Ga biotite-granite in the southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains of northern
Crustal Assimilation During the Petrogenesis of the El Calderon Flow, Zuni Bandera Volcanic Field, West-Central New Mexico
Ryan Doan1 and Frank C. Ramos1 1New Mexico State University, Dept. Geological Sciences/MSC 3AB, New Mexico State University P.O. Box 30001, Las Cruces, NM, 88003, ryand412@nmsu.edu Whole rocks and phenocrysts from the 33.4 ka El
Evidence and Context for 1.45 Ga Magmatism in the Las Vegas Range, New Mexico
Andrew Romero1 and Jennifer Lindline1 1New Mexico Highlands University, Box 9000, Las Vegas, NM, 87701, drewromero24@gmail.com The 1.45 Ga Evergreen Valley Plutonic Complex (EVPC) is a bimodal layered plutonic complex exposed in the Las Vegas
Hydrogeologic Controls on Early Travel through the Jornada Del Muerto, New Mexico
B. Talon Newton1, Trevor Kludt1, Ethan Mamer1 and Dave Love1 1New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, talon@nmbg.nmt.edu El Camino Real was a 1,600 mile long trade route
Abrupt Opening of the Rio Grande Rift ~20-10 Ma due to Fragmentation of the Farallon Slab: Evidence from Apatite (U-Th)/He and Fission Track Thermochronology
Jason W. Ricketts1, Shari A. Kelley2, Karl E. Karlstrom1, Magdalena S. Donahue1 and Jolante van Wijk2 1Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, MSC03-2040, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131,
A High-Precision 40Ar/39Ar Chronology of Late-Quaternary Volcanism in the Raton-Clayton Volcanic Field
Matthew J. Zimmerer1, William C. McIntosh1, Matthew T. Heizler1, Nelia W. Dunbar1 and John Lafferty2 1New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources, Socorro, NM, 87801, mjz1983@nmt.edu 2New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, 87801 High-precision 40Ar/39Ar
Hydrogeochemical Analysis of a Desert Spring Ecosystem to Determine Boundary Conditions for a Proposed Endangered Fish, Zuni Bluehead Sucker, Zuni Mountains, New Mexico.
Rebecca Jane Frus1, Laura J. Crossey2, Cliff J. Dahm3 and Livia Crowley4 1University of New Mexico, 1600 CANDELARIA RD NW, ALBUQUERQUE, NM, 87107, United States, rfrus@unm.edu 2University of New Mexico, 1 University of New Mexico,
New U-Pb Zircon Geochronology Data Supporting 1.7 Ga Crystallization Age for the Hermit’s Peak Granite, Las Vegas Range, New Mexico
Jennifer Lindline1, Danielle Cedillo1 and Andrew Romero1 1New Mexico Highlands University, P.O. Box 9000, Las Vegas, NM, 87701, lindlinej@nmhu.edu Numerous Proterozoic granitoid plutons are exposed in the Las Vegas Range, the most prominent of which
40Ar/39Ar Muscovite Thermochronology and Monazite Geochronology of New Mexico Pegmatites
Lisa Anne Gaston1, Matthew T. Heizler2 and Michael Williams3 1Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, lgaston.geo@gmail.com 2New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Tech, 801
The Effect of Soil Texture on the Precipitation of Pedogenic Carbonate in Semi-Arid Soils
Vyoma Nenuji1, Bruce Harrison1 and Jan Hendrickx1 1Earth and Environmental Science Department, New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, vnenuji@nmt.edu Calcic horizons are ubiquitous features of soils in the
Canovas Creek: A Pleistocene Vertebrate Fauna from the Gila Region of Southwestern New Mexico
Gary Morgan NM Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road, NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104, gary.morgan1@state.nm.us Canovas Creek is a late Pleistocene vertebrate fauna in the Gila National Forest, Catron County, southwestern New Mexico. Canovas Creek
Estimating Recharge in the Mimbres Basin using Environmental Tracer Isotopes and GIS
Abdul A.A. Odunmbaku1, John Walton1, Raed Aldouri1 and Tom Gill1 1Environmental Science and Engineering Department, Center for Geospatial Study, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 W. University Ave, El Paso, TX, 79936, aodunmbaku@miners.utep.edu Water
Twentieth-Century Floods Down Abo Arroyo, Revealed by Coal-Clast and Clinker Deposits and Historic Photographs, Show Stream Behavior Different From Other Arroyos in the Region
D. W. Love1 and A. Rinehart2 1New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resouces, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, USA, davel@nmbg.nmt.edu 2Earth and Environmental Science Department, New
Examining Induced Seismicity in SE New Mexico in the Vicinity of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
Stanislav S. Edel1, Susan L. Bilek1 and Shane F. Ingate2 1New Mexico Institue of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Pl, Socorro, NM, 87801, sedel@nmt.edu Induced seismicity is a human generated phenomenon that causes a release
Progress Report on Subtle Tectonic Features Influencing Paths of Small to Large Drainages Crossing the Southeastern Albuquerque Basin, New Mexico
Alex J. Rinehart1 and David W. Love2 1E&ES Department, New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology, 801 Leroy Pl, Socorro, NM, 87801, rinehart@nmt.edu 2New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, 801 Leroy Pl, Socorro,
Hydrogeology and Geochemistry of Springs Along San Pedro Creek, Sandia Park, New Mexico
Christopher Wolf1, Chad Johannesen1 and Bob Marley1 1Daniel B. Stephens & Associates, Inc., 6020 academy NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87015, cwolf@dbstephens.com Several springs flow into San Pedro Creek providing intermittent flow downstream of the springs. San
Paleomagnetic, Anisotropy of Magnetic Susceptibility, and Structural Data Bearing on Magma Emplacement and the Growth of a Miocene, Cinder Cone.
Adam Ray Brister1, Michael Petronis1, Jennifer Lindline1, Benjamin Van Wyk der vries2 and Vladislav Rapprich3 1New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, NM, 87701, abrister@live.nmhu.edu 2Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans, University Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand, France 3Czech Geological
Paleomagnetic and Anisotropy Of Magnetic Susceptibility, Study of the Buena Vista Dike, North-Central New Mexico
Geno Castillo1, Michael S. Petronis1, Jennifer Lindline1 and Darren Lemen1 1New Mexico Highlands University, P.O. Box 9000, Las Vegas, NM, 87701, gcastill@live.nmhu.edu The 5 km-long Buena Vista dike, intrudes the Cretaceous Benton Group and outcrops