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Late Holocene sedimentological and climatic characteristics of the Pecos Wilderness, New Mexico, determined from an Alpine bog deposit: Preliminary results
Jake Armour Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 The climate of northern New Mexico has undergone significant changes throughout the Quaternary, as demonstrated by glacial landforms and deposits.
Hydraulic properties of surfactant trerated soil
Barry Allred New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Pl., Socorro, NM, New Mexico, 87801, barry@gis.nmt.edu Surfactants have gained recent attention with regard to their potential use in environmental
Atmospheric and hydrologic estimates of evaporation for the Estancia Basin playa complex, central New Mexico
N. A. Brunsell1, K. M. Menking2, R. Y. Anderson1 and B. D. Allen3 1Dept. of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Univ. New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 2Dept. of Geology & Geography, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, 12604-0428
Tectonic control on deposition of Cretaceous-Paleogene deposits, central Peloncillo Mountains, New Mexico
German Bayona1 and Timothy F. Lawton1 1New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 88003 In the central Peloncillo Mountains, Lower Cretaceous Bisbee Group and Laramide sedimentary rocks crop out in two blocks bounded by high
Preliminary results of a structural and thermochronological study of the Laramide movement history of the Montosa fault, central New Mexico
Rose-Anna Behr1, Laurel B. Goodwin1 and Shari A. Kelley1 1Earth and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, New Mexico, 87801 Models of Laramide orogenesis in New Mexico
Microstructural and geochronologic evidence for 1.63 Ga syndeformational plutonism in the Manzanita Mountains, New Mexico
C. Brown1, K. Karlstrom1, D. Unruh2 and M. Heizler3 1Dept. of Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 2US Geological Survey, Denver, CO, Colorado, 80225 3New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral
CHEMICAL CONTROLS ON GOLD SOLUBILITY IN THE WITWATERSRAND BASIN, SOUTH AFRICA
N. Blamey New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM Approximately 45000 metric tons of gold have been won by mankind from one extraordinary basin, the Witwatersrand Basin of South Africa. Gold is hosted
Base and precious metals and uranium deposits in New Mexico: An overview
Virginia T. McLemore New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, 801 Leroy PI., Socorro, NM, New Mexico, 87801, ginger@gis.nmt.edu Pedro de Abalos established the first mining claim in the Fra Cristabal Mountains on March
Geology and mineralogy of the Jones Hill massive sulfide deposit, Pecos, New Mexico
Robert C. Thompson1 and Virginia T. McLemore2 1New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 2New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, Socorro, NM, 87801 The Jones Hill massive sulfide deposit is
Quartz veins for fluid pressure evolution in the contact aureole of the 1.4 GA Sandia Pluton, New Mexico
A. Cavosie1, L. Pletsch-Rivera1, J. Selverstone1, Z. Sharp1 and B. Dutrow2 1Dept. of Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131-1116, acavosie@unm.edu 2Dept. of Geology & Geophysics, Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge,
Ore-controlling folds, Todilto uranium deposits, Grants district, New Mexico
William R. Berglof1 and Virginia T. McLemore2 1University of Maryland, Asian Division, Unit 5060 Box 0100, MD, 96328-0100, berglof@ad.umuc.edu 2New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801 Several different
New Mexico’s coal industry
Gretchen K. Hoffman New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources (NMBMMR), 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, gretchen@gis.nm.edu Coal production has played a significant role in the economic development of New Mexico beginning in
Industrial mineral production and potential in New Mexico
James M. Barker1 and George S. Austin 1New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, 87801 Industrial minerals, rocks and materials are nonmetallic commodities (IM hereafter). Some produced in New
The application of jarosite geochronology and stable isotope geochemistry to ore deposit genesis and weathering–Some examples from the Rio Grande rift
Virgil W. Lueth1, Robert O. Rye2 and Lisa Peters1 1New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 2United States Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, Denver,
Copper oxide development in arid environments
Chadwick J. Spencer1 and William X., Jr. Chavez1 1Dept. of Mineral Engineering, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Pl., Socorro, NM, New Mexico, 87801, cspencer@nmt.edu Copper oxides are presently a topic of
Sampling protocol for mine waste rock pile characterization in the Hillsboro mining district, Sierra County, New Mexico
Erik A. Munroe1, Virginia T. McLemore2 and Philip. Kyle 1Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 2New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, Socorro, NM,
Mine waste rock pile mineralogy and geochemistry in select areas of the Hillsboro mining district, Sierra County, New Mexico: Insights into metal mobility
Erik A. Munroe1, Virginia T. McLemore2 and Nelia Dunbar1 1Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 2New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, Socorro, NM,
Quartz-kyanite pods in Proterozoic rocks in northern New Mexico: Shear zone formation along an older hydrothermal alteration horizon
Mary Catherine Simmons Department of Earth & Planetary Science, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 Large quartz-kyanite schist pods of unusual bulk composition enclosed by shells of sericite schist occur within the 1.7 Ga
Origin of spheroidal and ellipsoidal flow? Structures in the Bearwallow Mountain Andesite, Mogollon-Datil volcanic field, New Mexico
James C. Ratte U.S. Geological Survey, P.O.Box 25046, MS 905, Denver, CO, Colorado, 80225 Enigmatic structures in the Bearwallow Mountain Andesite, or Bearwallow Mountain Formation, are here interpreted to be flow features. The Bearwallow Mountain
Characteristics and origin of melted xenoliths at Vulcan cone at the Albuquerque Volcanoes
Katherine E. McLeroy1 and Gary Smith1 1Geology Dept., University of New Mexico, Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 Melted xenoliths are present at Vulcan cone, highest ofthe middle Pleistocene Albuquerque volcanoes. The inclusions at vulcan cone
Fruitland coal availability study, Bisti Field, San Juan Basin New Mexico–A preliminary report
Gretchen K. Hoffman1 and Glen E. Jones1 1New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, Socorro, NM, 87801 The Department of Energy funded a study of coal reserves in the San Juan Basin, New Mexico.
Mineralogy and geochemistry of the Hermosa mining district, Sierra County, New Mexico
Doug Jones1, V. T. McLemore2 and J. Glines3 1New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 2New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, Socorro, NM, 87801 3 3400 Commanche NE, Albuquerque, NM
Industrial mineral construction materials, Dona Ana County, New Mexico
George S. Austin1 and James M. Barker1 1New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, Socorro, NM, 87801 Industrial minerals support the rapidly developing population of Dona Ana County. Aggregate from 30 separate operations in
A geologist’s view of industrial minerals marketing
James M. Barker1, George S. Austin1 and Ken Santini2 1NM Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources, Socorro, NM, 87801 2Santini and Associates, Lakewood, CO, 80228 Marketing is the linchpin of the industrial minerals industry. Without