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The Carbonate Hill Formation (Middle Cretaceous), central Peloncillo Mountains, Hidalogo County, New Mexico
David V. LeMone1, M. H. Sandidge1 and A. Altemeemi2 1Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas, El Paso, TX, 79968 2Department of Geology, University of Kuwait, Kuwait, Kuwait Carbonate Hill sequences in the Peloncillo Mountains
HIgh-frequency-cycle geometry and transgressive faices in the Upper Cretaceous Point Lookout Sandstone, New Mexico and Colorado
Danny R. Katzman Department of Geology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 The Upper Cretaceous Point Lookout Sandstone in the Four Corners area of the San Juan Basin, New Mexico and Colorado is composed
Coal-bearing Ramah Member of the Crevasse Canyon Formation–A new stratigraphic unit in the Zuni Basin, west-central New Mexico
Orin J. Anderson1 and Gary D. Stricker2 1New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, Socorro, NM, 87801 2U.S. Geological Survey, Branch of Coal Geology, P.O.Box 25046, Denver, CO, Colorado, 80225 Nonmarine deposition following a
Structural data from the Joyita Hills, Socorro County, New Mexico–Evidence for multiple episodes and orientations of normal-fault systems
William C. Beck Department of Geosciences, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 Detailed geologic mapping and structural analysis define the Joyita Hills (Los Canoncitos) as a north-northeast trending, west-tilted fault block
DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE CARBONATE MEMBERS OF THE MIDDLE PROTEROZOIC MESCAL LIMESTONE, APACHE GROUP, CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ARIZONA
Augustus K. Armstrong1 and Chester T. Wrucke2 1United States Geological Survey, New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, Socorro, NM, 87801 2MS-901, United States Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd., Menlo Park, CA, 94025 The
GEOPHYSICAL CONSTRAINTS ON A MECHANICAL MODEL FOR THE ORIGIN OF THE SAN MARCIAL EARTH FISSURE
William C. Haneberg1 and Charles B. Reynolds2 1New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 2Charles B. Reynolds and Associates, 4409 San Andres NE, Albuquerque,
RECENT AND POTENTIAL VOLCANlSM OF NEW MEXICO
Ellen M. Limburg Department of Geoscience, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 The state of New Mexico has experienced over 400 volcanic events over the past 5 m.y., ranging from small
LATE PROTEROZOIC AND CAMBRIAN-ORDOVICIAN ALKALIC PLUTONISM IN WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO: A REACTIVATED SHEAR ZONE MODEL
Michael H. Sandidge Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas, El Paso, TX, 79924 Two parallel, linear, alkalic igneous belts have been recognized in west Texas and southwestern New Mexico. The northernmost of them measures
Discriminating Pyroclasts Surge or Eolian Genesis for Crossbedded Tuffs, Jemes Mountains, New Mexico
Gary A. Smith1 and Danny Katzman1 1Department of Geology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 The late Miocene Peralta Tuff Member of the Bearhead Rhyolite, in the southeastern Jemez Volcanic Field, contains crossbedded tuffs
STRATIGRAPHY OF THE BASE SURGE DEPOSITS AT THE SOUTHERN END OF KILBOURNE HOLE MAAR, SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO
Dana Bahar Department of Earth Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 88003 Kilbourne Hole, a late Pleistocene maar in the Potrillo volcanic field, lies on the trace of the Rio Grande rift-related Fitzgerald-Robledo
GEOLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF FOUR EARLY PROTEROZOIC GRANITIC PLUTONS IN THE NORTHERN WET MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE, COLORADO
Bruce R. Hallett1 and C. Kent1 1Department of Geoscience, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology,, Socorro, NM, 87801 The Garrel Peak (1665 Ma), Twin Mountain (1705 Ma), Crampton Mountain (1705 Ma) and Phantom Canyon
Gold Mineralization and Precambrian Geology of the Hopewell Lake Area, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico
I. O. Boadi1, D. I. Norman1 and J. M. Robertson2 1Department of Geoscience, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 2New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, Socorro, NM, 87801 The
GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MINE, SONORA, MEXICO
Luis Changkuon1 and Andrew R. Campbell1 1Geoscience Department, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 The San Francisco Mine is located one mile SE of Estacion Llano, which is 70 miles S
GEOCHEMISTRY OF VEINS IN THE CAPITAN MOUNTAINS, NEW MEXICO
Randall S. Phillips1, Andrew R. Campbell1, Virginia T. Mclemore2 and Marc Willis3 1New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Geoscience Dept., Socorro, NM, 87801 2Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM,
SUPERIMPOSED ORE MINERALIZATION IN THE ORGAN DISTRICT, DONA ANA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO
Virgil W. Lueth1, Nicholas E. Jr. Pingitore2 and Philip C. Goodell2 1Department of Physical Sciences, Tarleton State University, Stephenville, TX, 76402 2Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas, El Paso, TX, 79968 Two distinct types
Early Paleozoic Karsting of the Franklin Mountains, West Texas and New Mexico
David V. Lemone Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas, EI Paso, TX, 79968 The outstanding, primarily carbonate Franklin Mountains exposures of the Tobosa basin-related sediments (Ordovician-Devonian) reveal spectacular karsts that are analogous to synchronous
DIAGENESIS AND POROSITY ORIGIN OF THE FENGCHENG FORMATION (MIDDLE AND LATE CARBONIFEROUS), NORTHWESTERN MARGIN, ZUNGER BASIN, WESTERN CHINA
Ming Luo1, D. V. Lemone1, Zhetna Luo2 and Xiunkang Deng2 1Geological Sciences, University of Texas, EI Paso, TX, 79968 2Petroleum Department, Chengdu College of Geology, Chengdu, China The Fengcheng Formation consists primarily of dolomitized, tuffaceous
OPTIMIZATION OF THE QUICK ANALYSIS OF HUMIC AND FULVIC ACIDS IN HUMATES
Jeanne Verploegh1 and Lynn A. Brandvold1 1New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, Socorro, NM, 87801 To have a better understanding of the amounts and types of humate present in New Mexico, a reliable
Recent Investigation of the Menefee coals, Monero coal field, Rio Arriba county, New Mexico
G. K. Hoffman New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, Socorro, NM, 87801 The Monero coal field is in north-central New Mexico, on the northeastern side of the San Juan Basin. The field is
ECHINODERMS, OSTRACODS, AND OTHER MICROFOSSILS FROM THE FLECHADO FORMATION (PENNSYLVANIAN, DESMOINESIAN) OF NORTHERN NEW MEXICO.
Kenneth K. Kietzke New Mexico Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 7010, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87194 Recent work on an extensive marine microfossil assemblage from the Pennsylvanian Flechado Formation in Taos County, New Mexico
Jointing caused by superficial processes from Upper Cretaceous and Eocene rocks, San Juan and Rio Arriba Counties, San Juan Basin, New Mexico–Implications for inferring subsurface fracture patterns
Neil H., III Whitehead New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, socorro, NM, 87801 Joints caused by relief of in situ stresses associated with the present-day topography are the dominant fracture type in moderately
Mineralogy and use of Cretaceous marine sediments for ceramic products, Anapra, Dona Ana County, New Mexico
M. Nitsymanyana1 and K. F. Clark1 1Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas, EI Paso, TX, 79968 The Cerro Cristo Rey uplift straddles the international border between the State of Chihuahua, Republic of Mexico, and
Relations between heat flow and fluid flow in the Earth’s crust–Examples from New Mexico
Marshall Reiter1, Margaret W. Barroll1, G. Clarkson2, J. Minier3 and D. L. Jordan4 1New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 2Geology Dept., Western Michigan
Upper Triassic Owl Rock and Rock Point Members, Chinle Formation, Petaca Pinta, Cibola County, New Mexico
Spencer G. Lucas1 and Adrian P. Hunt1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 7010, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87194 Outcrops of the Owl Rock and Rock Point Members around Petaca Pinta (SW1/4 T6N,