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Topographic controls on ground-water recharge at an arid, sandy site, Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico
James T. McCord Department of Geoscience, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 A small drainage bas in on the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge (about 25 km north of Sococro, New Mexico)
Early Proterozoic arc successions in the Manzano Mountains and Pedernal Hills, central New Mexico
Christopher G. McKee1 and Kent C. Condie1 1Department of Geoscience, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 Early Proterozoic successions of bimodal volcanic rocks and associated vocaniclastic sediments with polyphase deformation occur
Redefinition of the Mt. Withington cauldron, San Mateo Mountains, Socorro County, New Mexico
Glenn R. Osburn1 and Charles A. Ferguson1 1New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, Socorro, NM, 87801 Mt. Withington cauldron was originally described as a nearly circular late Oligocene structure encompassing the entire north
Santonia (Late Cretaceous) fossil vertebrates, Hosta Tongue of Point Lookout Sandstone, central New Mexico
Randy Pence1, Spencer G. Lucas1 and Adrian P. Hunt1 1Department of Geology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 A taxonomically diverse assemblage of terrestrial and marine vertebrate fossils, mostly selachian, is present in the
Enhanced conceptualization of Mesilla Bolson geohydrology through modelling studies
D. M. Peterson Department of Geoscience, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 A quasi three-dimensional model of groundwbter flow was developed for the Mesilla Bolson and the Mesilla Valley stream-aquifer system
Quality assessment of strippable coals of New Mexico
Gretchen H. Roybal1 and Frank W. Campbell1 1New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, Socorro, NM, 87801 The New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources with participation from New Mexico Institute of Mining
Another look at oil and gas exploration potential in southwestern New Mexico
Russell E. Clemons Department of Earth Sciences, New Mexico State University, Box 3AB, Las Cruces, NM, 88003 ExploraLion for hydrocarbons in southwestern New Mexico has been encouraged because of the stratigraphic similarities of the Paleozoic
Earth fissures in the Deming area, Luna County, New Mexico
Gregory J. Contaldo Department of Earth Sciences, New Mexico State University, Box 3AB, Las Cruces, NM, 88003 The earth fissures, which are located within a 60 sq mi area south of Deming, New Mexico (T.25
Oxidation/dehydration studies on a Cretaceous New Mexico coal using petrographic technique
Keith Gerard Dias Department of Geoscience, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 Coal cores that have been stored for a period of some years probably undergo some amount of oxidation/dehydration. Oxidation
Depositional environment of the upper Horquilla Formation (Permian not included) exposed in the west face of Big Hatchet Peak, Hidalgo County, New Mexico
Bertrand P. Gramont1 and David B. Johnson1 1Department of Geoscience, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 The upper member of the Horquilla Formation, exposed on the west face of Big Hatchet
Geology of the Navajo Gap area from Sierra Ladrons to Mesa Sarca, Socorro County, New Mexico–Preview of a structural analysis
Charles M. Hammond Geoscience Department, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 The area from Sierra Ladrons to Mesa Sarca was initially interpreted to be a section of the western uplifted and
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
Origin of the Hembrillo succession of Proterozoic-age San Andres Mountains, south-central New Mexico
Dean E. Alford Department of Geoscience, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 Hembrillo Canyon area of the cen ral San Andres Mountains is comprised chiefly of quartzites and phyllites with minor
Transmissivity estimation and correlation structure in the Columbus Basin, New Mexico
Neil Blandford Department of Geoscience, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 This summary describes a portion of an ongoing stochastic groundwater modelling study of the Columbus Basin, New Mexico. Transmissivity estimates
Commercial potential of the Buckhorn, New Mexico, clinoptilolite deposit
Mark R. Bowie New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, Socorro, NM, 87801 The Buckhorn zeolite deposit, discovered in 1962, is a source of high-grade clinoptilolite. The deposit contains two zeolitic air-fall tuffs exposed
Late Paleozoic sea-level fluctuations, northern Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico
Arthur L. Bowsher Yates Petroleum Corp., 207 S. 4th St., Artesia, NM, 88210 Reef complexes of Mississippian, Pennsylvanian, and Permian age are excellently exposed in the northern part of the Sacramento Mountains. The Lake Valley
Comparison of ground-water-recharge rates based on chloride, stable-isotope, and tritium content of vadose water at the Navajo mine, northwest New Mexico
William J. Stone New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, Socorro, NM, 87801 A preliminary study of recharge at the Navajo Mine, based on a chloride mass-balance approach, indicated are charge rate of 0.51
A preliminary report of a dewatering case history–The San Acacia low flow conveyance channel headworks rehabilitation, Socorro County, New Mexico
W. K. Summers1 and Chester McCallum2 1W. K. Summers and Associates, Inc., Socorro, NM, 87801 2Gracon Corporation, Loveland, CO, 80539 To replace the headworks that divert water from the Rio Grande to the low-flow diversion
Structural and stratigraphic analysis of Precambrian rocks in the Ladron Mountains, Socorro County, New Mexico
Keith R. Taylor Department of Geology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 A stratigraphy characterized by a wide range of metasedimentary and metavolcanic lithologies is present in the Ladron Mountains. Although significantly deformed, a
Microfacies analysis and depositional environment comparison of two sections of Ordovician El Paso Formation, southern Franklin Mountains, west Texas, and northern Big Hatchet Mountains, southwest New Mexico
David T. Million Department of Earth Sciences, New Mexico State University, Box 3AB, Las Cruces, NM, 88003 The lower Ordovician El Paso Formation contains four members, in ascending order: Hitt Canyon, Jose, McKelligon and Padre.
Formation of tension joints in sedimentary rocks in New Mexico and Virginia
Ronald M. Linden1 and Antonius J. Budding1 1Department of Geoscience, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 Tension joints in flat-lying sediments are produced during uplift by thf’ release of strain energy