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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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2024

Applications of UAS Multispectral Imagery in the Earth and Environmental Sciences – Geospatial Applications in Natural Sciences Laboratory

Michael S. Petronis1, Joesph P. Zebrowski1, Marine S. Foucher1 and Jennifer Lindline1 1New Mexico Highlands University, Environmental Geology / Natural Resource Management Dept, Ivan Hilton Science Center, NMHU, Las Vegas, NM, 87701, USA, mspetro@nmhu.edu Figure

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Geochronology and Critical Mineral Potential of Selected Laramide Porphyry and Related Deposits in Southwest New Mexico

Kyle T. Stafford1, Virginia T. McLemore2 and Nels A. Iverson2 1Department of Mineral Engineering, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, kyle.stafford@student.nmt.edu 2New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources Southwest New Mexico is part

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Mapping geothermal resources using AI/ML

Tracy Kliphuis1, Hope Jasperson1 and Velimir Vesselinov1 1EnviTrace LLC, 1048 Mansion Ridge Road,, Santa Fe, NM, 87501, United States, trais@envitrace.com GeoTGo dashboard for AI/ML analysis, mapping, interpretation, and prediction of geothermal resources. × GeoTGo dashboard

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Reconnaissance Survey of Volcanic Caves and Cave Microbial Communities at Capulin Volcano National Monument, Nm

Joseph R. Hoberg1, Anika Baloun1, Jimmy Swift1, Abigail Brown1, Georgia N. Schneider2, Patricia E. Seiser3 and Daniel S. Jones4 1New Mexico Tech University Earth and Environmental Science/ Scientists in the Parks (SIP) Intern, National Cave

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Extracting Aluminum Oxide From Kaolinite

Janin Essary1, Virginia McLemore2 and Paul Fuierer3 1New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology, 801 Leroy Pl, Socorro, NM, 87801, United States, janin.essary@student.nmt.edu 2New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, 801 Leroy Pl, Socorro,

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Geologic Mapping in New Mexico: An Update on the New Mexico STATEMAP Program

Matthew J. Zimmerer1, Michael Timmons1, Phil Miller1, Jake Ross1, Siânin Spaur1 and Daniel Lavery1 1New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, 87801, Matthew.Zimmerer@nmt.edu The New Mexico STATEMAP Program is

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Newly discovered stromatolites and bimodal magmatism at ~1.23 Ga in the Burro Mountains of New Mexico: Mesoproterozoic rifting formed a shallow ocean basin in southwestern Laurentia

Amit Millo1, Jeff Amato1 and Jordan Bell1 1New Mexico State University, Department of Geological Sciences/MSC 3AB, P.O. Box 30001, Las Cruces, NM, 88003, millo@nmsu.edu Map of the southwest United States highlighting localities where ~1.2 Ga

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Eliminating human error during drilling: the first step toward automating optimized geothermal drilling

Noah Frederick Hobbs1, Bulbul Ahmmed, Luke Philip Frash and Meng Meng 1Los Alamos National Laboratory, nhobbs@lanl.gov Rate of penetration (ROP) optimization during drilling reduces costs during geothermal exploration and development of geothermal fields. One of

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