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Monitoring rock mass behavior during langbeinite pillar recovery
Kevin M. O’Connor Assistant Professor of Geological Engineering, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 A mining company in southeastern New Mexico has just completed a prototype pillar recovery operation in the
Tectonic and climatic influences on mountain front landform evolution along a segmented range-front fault, Sangre de Cristo Mountains, north-central New Mexico
Frank J. Pazzaglia Department of Geology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 Morphologic characteristics of drainage basins, alluvial fans and stream terraces along a tectonically active mountain front may be influenced by both the
Cretaceous stratigraphy near Virden, Hidalgo County, New Mexico
Spencer G. Lucas1, Thomas E. Williamson1 and Adrian P. Hunt1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 7010, Albuquerque, NM, 87194 Approximately 625 m of Cretaceous strata are expose NE of Virden in secs.
A laboratory and field evaluation of several fluorinated benzoic acids for use as soil groundwater tracers
Joseph Gibbens1 and Robert Bowman1 1New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 In groundwater investigations involving multiple sources of water, or in cases where measurements are repeated over time, several unique tracers
Hydrothermal modeling, Steeple Rock district, New Mexico
Paul I. Eimon1 and Khosrow Bazrafshan1 1Geoscience Department, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 The Steeple Rock Silver/Gold Mining District lies in southwestern New Mexico 15 miles east of the town
Catenary soil development and slope degradation on three Late Quaternary fault scarps in New Mexico
Paul Drake1, P. Eberly1, C. Renault1, T. Royek1 and T. Skirvin1 1Department of Geology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 Single-rupture fault scarps reflect erosional, depositional and pedogenic processes that have acted, through time
Paleontology of the Lower Shale Member of the Chinle Formation (Upper Triassic), San Miguel County, New Mexico
Paul L. Sealey1, Adrian P. Hunt1 and Spencer G. Lucas1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 7010, Albuquerque, NM, 87194 We report here the first fossil vertebrates known from the shale member of
Using regional heat-flow data to delineate vertical ground-water flow patterns in southeastern New Mexico
David L. Jordan1 and Marshall Reiter1 1New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources and Geoscience Department, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 In this study, we examine the variation of
Interpretation of heat-flow and coal maturation data in west-central New Mexico
Jeffrie Minier1 and Marshall Reiter1 1New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 Two general hypotheses have been proposed to describe the tectonic evolution of
Correlations between heat-flow and hydrologic data from the San Juan Basin, New Mexico
Marshall Reiter1 and F. M. Phillips2 1New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources and Department of Geoscience, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 2Geoscience Department and Geophysical Research Center, New
Triassic strata in the Hubbell Springs fault zone, Valencia County, New Mexico
Spencer G. Lucas1, Kenneth K. Kietzke1, Steven N. Hayden1 and Bruce D. Allen1 1Department of Geology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 Triassic strata exposed in the Hubbell Springs fault zone pertain to the
Tijeras fault system, intrusions, and Au mineralization on the Ortiz Mine Grant, Sante Fe County, New Mexico
Stephen R. Maynard LAC Minerals Inc., 10,000 Trumbull, S.E., Albuquerque, NM, 87123 Investigations on the Ortiz Mine Grant have revealed the relationship of igneous activity and gold mineralization to the Tijeras fault system. The northeast-trending
Upper Triassic Correo sandstone bed, Petrified Forest Member, Chinle Formation, Hagan Basin, Sandoval County, New Mexico
Spencer G. Lucas1, L. Kim Martini1 and Terry Martini1 1Department of Geology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 The youngest Triassic strata in the Hagan basin of north-central New Mexico pertain to the Correo
Reconnaissance geochemistry, inferred fluvial systems, and economic potetial of the Eocene San Jose Formation, San Juan Basin, New Mexico
Richard M. Chamberlin New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, Socorro, NM, 87801 The Eocene San Jose Formation is generally considered to consist of widespread arkosic sandstones and interbedded mudstones of fluvial origin. As
Determination of groundwater flow using chemical analysis, Jornada del Muerto Basin, Dona Ana County, New Mexico
Roseann Stickel Department of Geology, New Mexico State University, Box 3AB, Las Cruces, NM, 88003 The Jornada del Huerto, located in southern New Mexico, is an intermontane syncIinal basin that is bounded by several north-south
Hydrogeologic investigation at White Sands Test Facility (WSTF), Las Cruces, New Mexico (abs)
Victoria Sutton1, Earl L. Morse2 and Robert E. Mitchell3 1Lockheed, P.O. Drawer MM, Las Cruces, NM, 88004 2Geoscience Consultants, Ltd., 500 Copper Ave., NW, ST. 2-0, Albuquerque, NM, 87102 3White Sands Test Facility, P.O. Drawer
The calcareous microfauna of the Moenkopi Formation (Triassic, Scythian or Anisian) of central New Mexico
Kenneth K. Kietzke Department of Geology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 Lacustrine and fluvial sediments thought to be outliers of the Moenkopi Formation in the Lucero Mesa area of Valencia County, New Mexico
Use of slug and bailer tests as guides to aquifer parameters
Clay L. Kilmer1 and T. E. Kelly1 1Geohydrology Associates., Inc, 4015-A Carlisle, N.E., Albuquerque, NM, 884-0580 Testing techniques ·have been described in the literature which allow for the acquisition of hydrologic data from wells where
Geometry of high frequency shoreline cycles: Point Lookout Sandstone, San Juan Basin, New Mexico
Steven N. Hayden1, Robyn Wright1 and Jean-Luc Miossec1 1Department of Geology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 High frequency (<100,000) transgressive (T-R) shoreline couplets form the building units of the Point Lookout Sandstone. Following
Triassic Moenkopi Formation of the Lucero uplift, Valencia County, New Mexico
Steven N. Hayden1 and Spencer G. Lucas1 1Department of Geology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 The oldest Triassic strata in west-central New Mexico have previously been assigned to various formations. Originally classified as
Hydrogeologic effects of dewatering an open-pit copper mine near Tyrone, New Mexico
Deborah L. Hathaway State Engineer Office, Bataan Memorial Building, Santa Fe, NM, 87503 A finite difference ground-water flow model has been developed for the area surrounding Tyrone, New Mexico, to determine the effects of dewatering
The oldest prosauropod dinosaur in North America from the upper shale member of the Chinle Formation (late Triassic) in east-central New Mexico
Adrian P. Hunt Department of Geology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 Isolated teeth from the lower third of the upper shale member of the Chinle Formation in east-central New Mexico represent at least
Paleontology of the Petrified Forest Member of the Chinle Formation (late Triassic), central Sandoval County, north-central New Mexico
Adrian P. Hunt1, Paul L. Sealey1 and L. Kim Martini1 1Department of Geology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 Fossil vertebrates, invertebrates and plants are locally abundant in the Petrified Forest Member (PFM) of
Triassic stratigraphy near Lamy, Sante Fe, New Mexico
Bruce D. Allen1 and Spencer G. Lucas1 1Department of Geology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 The Triassic section exposed near Lamy is approximately 410 m thick and can be divided into three distinct