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2023
Rare Earth Elements in Humates Mined in the San Juan Basin
John Lempke1, Bonnie Frey2, Brent Goehring3 and Virginia McLemore2 1Dept. Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801, john.lempke@student.nmt.edu 2New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, 801 Leroy
Magdalena Science Café Water Resources Science Project
Kassidy Brunson1, Jeremiah Alvarez1, Zeb Apachito1, Cade Brunson1, Tristin Alvarez1, Jim Sauer1, Bonnie Frey2, Nicole Hurtig3 and Laila Sturgis2 1Magdalena Teen Science Café, 202 Spruce St, Magdalena, NM, 87825, jsauer000@gmail.com 2New Mexico Bureau of Geology,
Restore: Addressing decade-long water issues in the Navajo Nation
Darlene Wilson1, Abhishek RoyChowdhury1, Bonnie Frey2 and Jianjia Yu3 1Navajo Technical University, Lowerpoint Road, State HWY 371, Crownpoint, NM, 87313, d.wilson01@student.navajotech.edu 2New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining and
Improving soil maps of rangelands through identification of patterns in soil variability imposed by geomorphic processes
Bruce Harrison NMT E&ES Department, 1001 CASSADY LN, SOCORRO, NM, 87801-3712, United States, james.harrison@nmt.edu Soil maps of rangeland soils which make up approximately 80% of the landsurface in the US show that all the soils
Lithogeochemical Vectors and Mineral Paragenesis of Hydrothermal REE-F-Bearing Veins and Breccias in the Gallinas Mountains, New Mexico
Evan J. Owen1, Alexander Gysi1, Virginia McLemore1, Nicole Hurtig2 and Katharina Pfaff3 1New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, Evan.Owen@nmt.edu 2Dept. of Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico
Microtextural relationships of Arsenide Five-Element Veins in the Black Hawk District, Grant County, New Mexico
Zohreh Kazemi Motlagh1, William X. Chávez1, Virginia T. McLemore2, Evan J. Owen2 and Jakob Newcomer1 1New Mexico institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, Zohreh.KazemiMotlagh@student.nmt.edu 2New Mexico Bureau of Geology and
Hydrochemistry of an Alpine Karst System, Northern New Mexico: Las Huertas
Kambray Townsend1, Laura J. Crossey, Karl Karlstrom, Brittany Griego and Livia Crowley5 1Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, ktownsend1@unm.edu 5National Forest Service, Cibola National Forest, 2113 Osuna
Geometry, kinematics, and timing of Proterozoic shear zones in New Mexico and northwestern Arizona: a record of multiple orogenic pulses?
John M. Bailey The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87106, jbailey06@unm.edu Proterozoic shear zones are key features of southwestern North America’s orogenic belts that extend over 1,000 km along strike from Mexico to eastern
The Uvas Basaltic Andesite: a Large-Volume Volcanic Field Erupted During the Initiation of the Southern Rio Grande Rift
Lee H. Hughes1 and Jeffery M. Amato1 1New Mexico State University, 1780 E University Ave, Las Cruces, NM, 88003, United States, lhhughes@nmsu.edu The Uvas Volcanic Field (UVF) is a large-volume dominantly mafic volcanic field representing
Applying 40ar/39ar Detrital Sanidine Geochronology to Constrain Stratigraphic Ages From proboscidean-Bearing Strata of the Plio-Pleistocene Camp Rice Formation, Southern New Mexico
Brian A. Hampton1, Peter Houde2, Matthew T. Heizler3 and Julia Ricci3 1New Mexico State University, Dept. of Geological Sciences, Las Cruces, NM, 88003-8001, bhampton@nmsu.edu 2New Mexico State University, Dept. of Biology, Las Cruces, NM, 88003
Geometry of Major Normal Faults in the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, Rio Grande Rift, Constrained By Total Bouguer Gravity Anomaly Data
Antonio Chavez1, Richard Chamberlin2 and Alex Rinehart1 1New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, antonio.chavez@student.nmt.edu 2New Mexico Bureau of Geology During the summer of 2022, we conducted 0.05 mGal resolution relative gravity surveys along two
From the Laramide to Now: Mapping the Tectonic Evolution of Central New Mexico in the Northern Fra Cristobal Range
Kyle K. Gallant1 and Veronica B. Prush1 1New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Pl, Socorro, NM, 87801, kyle.gallant@student.nmt.edu The Fra Cristobal range is a north-south oriented horst block situated between the San
Applying U-Pb Detrital Zircon Geochronology to Constrain Oligocene-Miocene closed-basin Rio Grande Rift sedimentation in the Palomas and Jornada del Muerto Basins, Southern New Mexico
Ethan J. Schneider1 and Brian A. Hampton 1Department of Geological Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, ejschn1@nmsu.edu Latest Oligocene–Miocene synorogenic strata of the Hayner Ranch and Rincon Valley formations preserve the early rift
New U-Pb Detrital Zircon Geochronology From the Eocene San Jose Formation, Eastern San Juan Basin, Northwestern New Mexico
Nicole Joy Salladin1, Thomas A. Valenzuela2, Brian A. Hampton2 and Kevin M. Hobbs3 1New Mexico State University, 2050 Gladys Drive, Las Cruces, NM, 88001, United States, nsallad@nmsu.edu 2New Mexico State University 3New Mexico Bureau of
Olivine Mineral Chemistry of Volcanic Flows in the Northeastern Potrillo Volcanic Field
Mikayla Earnest1 and Jennifer Thines1 1Department of Geological Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, U.S.A., mearnest@nmsu.edu The Potrillo Volcanic Field (PVF), located to southwest of Las Cruces, covers approximately one thousand square kilometers
Millennial-Scale Climate Change in the Valles Caldera Sediment Core During Glacial Period MIS 12
Raven Longwolf Alcott1 and Peter Fawcett1 1University of New Mexico, Earth and Planetary Sciences Department, raven.alcott063@gmail.com The mid-Pleistocene sedimentary record from the Valles Caldera preserved 14 millennial-scale climate oscillations that were assessed for Total Organic
The Calm Before the Volcanic Storm
Matthew J. Zimmerer1, Peter W. Lipman2 and Nicholas F. Meszaros3 1New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, 87801, matthew.zimmerer@nmt.edu 2Volcano Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA, 94025
A Dinosaur Regurgitite From the Paleocene Ojo Alamo Sandstone, San Juan Basin, New Mexico
James E. Fassett USGS Retired, Independent Research Geologist, 552 Los Nidos Dr, Santa Fe, NM, 87501, jimgeology@aol.com The San Juan Basin (SJB) is a Laramide structural basin in northwest New Mexico and southwest Colorado. The
Rare Earth Elements and Critical Minerals in Coal and Related Strata in the San Juan Basin in Northern New Mexico
Megan N. Badonie1 and Virginia T. McLemore2 1New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, Megan.Badonie@student.nmt.edu 2New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral
The Mineralogy of the Black Hawk Arsenide 5-Element Deposit
Jakob Newcomer1, Virginia McLemore2, Zohreh Kazemi Motlagh1, Evan Owen2 and Nicole Hurtig1 1New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, jakob.newcomer@student.nmt.edu 2New Mexico Bureau of Geology The unusual arsenide five-element-vein deposits of the Black Hawk district
Tracking REE formation with fluid inclusions from the Gallinas Mountains, NM
Teagan Skinner1, Nicole C. Hurtig1, Alexander P. Gysi2 and Virginia McLemore3 1Dept. Earth and Environmental Science, NMT, 801 Leroy Pl., Socorro, NM, 87801, teagan.skinner@student.nmt.edu 2New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Dept. Earth and Environmental Science,
High-Magnesium Dolomites in South-Central New Mexico
Daniel M. Runyan1, Virginia T. McLemore2, Evan J. Owen2 and Ethan B. Haft1 1Dept. of Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM 87801, daniel.runyan@student.nmt.edu 2New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, New
Bedrock and Neotectonic Characterization of an Unnamed Range-Bounding Rio Grande Rift Fault South of Socorro, New Mexico
Jonathan Anaya1, Kyle Gallant1, Daniel Runyan1, Antonio Chavez1, Riley Heath1 and Veronica B. Prush1 1New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, United States, jonathan.anaya@student.nmt.edu Active rift systems accommodate deformation
Hydrologic Response of the Gallinas River to 2023 Spring Snowmelt Post-2022 Hermits Peak/calf Canyon Fire
Mary Frances Bibb1 and Jennifer Lindline1 1Natural Resources Management Department, New Mexico Highlands University, P.O. Box 9000, Las Vegas, NM, 87701, United States, mbibb4@live.nmhu.edu Forest fires are well known to impact the quality of water