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Geology of the Mt. Taylor mine, Grants district, New Mexico (abs)
M. H. Alief1, R. A. Kern1 and D. J. Carpenter1 1Chevron Resources Company, P.O. Box 1150, Grants, NM, 87020 The Mt. Taylor Uranium Mine is located 25 air miles northeast of Grants, New Mexico. Gulf
Geology and geochemistry of Hermosa district deposits, Sierra County, New Mexico
Khosrow Bazrafshan Geoscience Department, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 The Hermosa mining district is situated on the east slope of the Black Range in northwesten Sierra County, New Mexico. Structurally,
Geology and geochemistry of the central part of the Gold Hill mining district, Hidalgo and Grant Counties, New Mexico
Robert D. Beard1 and Douglas G. Brookins1 1Department of Geology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 Gold Hill, 20 km northeast of Lordsburg, New Mexico, is composed of Precambrian granitic- and upper amphibolite-facies metamorphic
Sedimentary Petrology of the lower Ordovician El Paso Formation, Hitt Canyon locality, north Franklin Mountains, west Texas
Gregory J. Dozer Department of Earth Sciences, New Mexico State University, Box 3AB, Las Cruces, NM, 88003 The Lower Ordovician El Paso Formation, exposed in Hitt Canyon in the northern Franklin Mountains, can be stratigraphically
Subsurface analysis of the Abo Formation in the Lucero region, west-central New Mexico
Gregory E. Little Department of Geoscience, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 Outcroppingsof the Abo Formation in the Lucero region of west central New Mexico are limited to the Zuni Mountains,
Sandstone petrology and provenance of the Santa Fe Group (Oligo-Pleistocene) in the southwestern Albuquerque Basin, central New Mexico
Richard P. Lozinsky Department of Geology, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 The Santa Fe Group of late Oligocene to middle Pleistocene age is the major syn-rift deposit of the Rio
Todilto as a formation, not a member of the Wanakah Formation, Middle Jurassic of northern New Mexico
Spencer G. Lucas Department of Geology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 Gregory (1917) named the Todilto Limestone for outcrops in Todilto Park, New Mexico, and Darton (1928) and others subsequently extended its distribution
Paleocurrent and facies analysis of the Abo Formation along a NW-SE surface transect of New Mexico
John R. MacMillan Geoscience Department, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 Paleocurrent analyses in conjunction with width to depth ratios of channel sandstones, relative abundance of different lithologies and their contact
Marine sheet sandstones of the upper Yates Formation, southern Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico
Magell P. Candelaria ARCO Oil & Gas Co., P.O. Box 1610, Midland, TX, 79702 Middle Permian strata of the Northwest Shelf in the southern Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico consist of thick shallow marine carbonates interbedded
Origin of sandstone-carbonate alterations of the upper Yates Formation, Northwest shelf, Delaware Basin, New Mexico
Magell P. Candelaria ARCO Oil & Gas Co., P.O. Box 1610, Midland, TX, Texas, 79702 The interbedded sandstone and carbonate strata of the Permian upper Yates and lower Tansill Formations on the Northwest Shelf of
Mineralization, alteration, and igneous activity in the Florida Mountains, southwestern New Mexico
Russell E. Clemons Department of Earth Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 88003 Manganese, barite, and fluorite have been mined and prospected in the Little Florida Mountains. Mineral deposits in the big Florida
Sandstone member of Lower Cretaceous U-Bar Formation in East Potrillo Mountains, south-central New Mexico
Donna L. Courington Department of Earth Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 88003 The sandstone member of the Lower Cretaceous U-Bar Formation in the East Potrillo Mountains, south-central New Mexico, ranges from 25
Geology and ore deposits of the southern San Mateo Mountains, Socorro County, New Mexico
Eugene W. Cox1, Michael L. Hermann2 and Cortney E. Hesse3 1Consulting Geologist, Socorro Engineering, P.O. Box F, Socorro, NM, 87801 2Exploration Geologist, 5001 Northern Trail, NW, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87120 3Exploration Geologist, P.O. Box
Internal structure of the Socorro magma body deduced from microearthquake P-phase reflections
Jon P. Ake1 and Allan R. Sanford1 1Geoscience Department and Geophysical Research Center, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 An earlier work comparing the gross characteristics of P and S-phase reflections
Geochemistry of the Hembrillo Canyon succession, Sierra and Dona Ana Counties, New Mexico
Dean E. Alford Geoscience Department, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 Proterozoic supracrustal rocks in the central San Andres Mountains, New Mexico are dominated by a large volume ofI metasediments, with
Economics of coal production cyclicity–With special reference to New Mexico
Orin J. Anderson1 and Donald L. Wolberg1 1New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, Socorro, NM, 87801 Production statistics compiled during the last 80 years illustrate the fact that annual coal output varies widely
Porphyroblast microstructures as indicators of early strain events in metamorphic rocks–With examples from Precambrian rocks of the Picuris Range, northern New Mexico
Paul W. Bauer Geoscience Department, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 In multiply deformed, medium-to high-grade metamorphic rocks, tectonite fabrics (foliations and lineations) are commonly overprinted or obliterated by later generations
Gold-bearing quartz veins of the central part of the Gold Hill mining district, Hidalgo and Grant Counties, New Mexico
Robert D. Beard Department of Geology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 The Gold Hill mining district occurs approximately 20 km northeast of Lordsburg, New Mexico. Gold-bearing quartz veins, found throughout the district, are
Laramide and Tertiary structures of the Salado Mountains, Sierra County, New Mexico
Anton B. Mayer Department of Earth Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 88003 The Salado Mountains make up the southern half of an east-tilted late Tertiary fault block located 12 miles west of
Correlation of ignimbrites using paleomagnetism and 40Ar/39Ar dating
William C. McIntosh New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, Socorro, NM, 87801 Paleomagnetic studies and 40Ar/ 39Ar dating are powerful, reliable techniques for correlation of Oligocene ignimbrites (ash-flow tuffs) in the Mogollon-Datil volcanic
Identification of organic molecules present in fluid inclusions of epithermal veins in northern New Mexico and southern Colorado
Gail Hodge1 and David I. Norman1 1Geoscience Department, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 Precious metal epithermal ore fluids are characterized by a combination of N2 and CnNn. Total gas analyses
The Morrison Formation in eastern New Mexico–Stratigraphy and correlation with central New Mexico
Adrian P. Hunt Department of Geology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 The dominant lithology of the Morrison Formation in eastern New Mexico is variegated shale with minor sandstone. The lower half of the
Geological, paleomagnetic, and geophysical observations at Jones Camp, Socorro County, New Mexico
Ted Jochems Geoscience Department, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 Magnetite deposits occur as massive replacements of Permian sedimentary rocks at Jones Camp dike, east of Bingham in eastern Socorro County,
A study of microearthquake reflections to determine structure of a mid-crustal magma body near Socorro, New Mexico
Jon P. Ake1 and Allan R. Sanford1 1Geoscience Department and Geophysical Research Center, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 The characteristics of a strong mid-crustal reflector in the Rio Grande rift