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GEOCHRONOLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF PROTEROZOIC METAMORPHIC ROCKS, NEDERLAND QUANDRANGLE, COLORADO
M. S. Abashian1 and D. G. Brookins1 1Department of Geology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 The Proterozoic metamorphic rocks surrounding the Eldora/Bryan Mountain stock, Nederland Quandrangle, Colorado, yield Rb-Sr whole-rock ages of 1775
THE STRUCTURAL CONTROL OF EPITHERMAL VEIN DEPOSITS IN WESTERN NORTH AMERICA
John Drier Sage Associates, Inc., 48 N. Tucson Blvd., Suite B, Tucson, AZ, 85716 The epithermal vein deposits of western North America, which are found throughout a region of some 800,000 km sq, occur in
THE MINERALOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE SOUTHERN AMETHYST VEIN SYSTEM AT CREEDE, COLORADO
Mark P. Hemingway1 and David I. Norman1 1Department of Geoscience, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 The Amethyst vein system is an epithermal caldera-associated Ag-base metal deposit. Historically, the southern end
Occurrences and Geochemical characterization of cassiterite mineralization in the Taylor Creek Tin district
David B. Harvey University of Texas, El Paso, TX Tin mineralization occurs within rhyolite and ash flow tuff in the Taylor Creek Tin District. The occurrences of vein and disseminated mineralization in ash flow tuff
Landforms of Mcmurdo Volcanic Group Southern Foothills of Royal Society Range, Antarctica
Anne C. Wright Department of Geoscience, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 During late Tertiary and Quaternary times the Southern Foothills of Royal Society Range, Southern Victoria Land, have been glaciated
AN OUTLINE OF VEIN-TYPE TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN SE CHINA
Wupao Ting Department of Geology, University of Zhejiang, China It is well known that the Circum-Pacific belt contains major metallogenic tungsten provinces in the world. There are many similarities among them as they are most
Geology of the Dripping Gold prospect, Mogollon mining district
Charles A. Wolfe Western New Mexico University, Silver City, NM, 88061 The Dripping Gold lode claim is an example of an epithermal precious metal deposit of volcanogenic origin. It is located in T. 11S., R.
The determination of trace-element concentrations contained in the fluid inclusions of quartz
Charles E. Baron1 and David I. Norman1 1Geoscience Department New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 Fluid inclusiqn waters in quartz have been analyzed to determine trace element concentrations. Samples were obtained
Geology, character, and controls of epithermal silver mineralization in the Carbonate Creek area, Kingston, New Mexico
Vertrees McNeil Canby1 and Rex L., III Evatt2 1Department of Geoscience, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 2Department of Geology, Western New Mexico University, Silver City, NM, 88061 The silver-gold deposits
Seismic wave attenuation in the upper crust of the Rio Grande rift near Socorro, New Mexico
Philip J. Carpenter1 and Allan R. Sanford1 1Geoscience Department and Geophysical Research Center, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 Spectra from over 400 digitally rec orded microearthquakes in the magnitude range
Geology and precious metal occurrences of the San Jose district, Socorro County, New Mexico
Jon Foruria Colorado State University, CO The San Jose district encompasses several silver-gold “fissure type” vein occurrences hosted within the Oligocene Vicks Peak Tuff. The Vicks Peak rhyolite is a thick, densely to partially welded
Ag-Ni-Co-As-U mineralization in the Black Hawk mining district, Grant County, New Mexico
J. E. Gerwe1 and David I. Norman1 1Department of Geoscience, N.M.I.M.T., Socorro, NM, 87801 The Black Hawk mining district in the Burro Mountains near Silver City, New Mexico was studied by field mapping, petrography, whole
Geology of the St. Cloud and U.S. Treasury mines, Sierra County, New Mexico
Richard W. Harrison Project Geologist, St. Cloud Mining Company, P.O. Box 1670, Truth or Consequences, NM, 87901 The St. Cloud and U.S. Treasury Mines are located within the Chloride Mining District, situated along the eastern
A preliminary soils chronosequence for the San Agustin Plains, west-central New Mexico
John B. Ritter1, Glen H. Kawaguchi1, Christopher M. Menges1, Leslie D. McFadden1 and Richard P. Lozinsky2 1Department of Geology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 2Department of Geoscience, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, 87801
Geology, structure, and mineralization in the Steeple Rock mining district
R. W. Robinson Pioneer Nuclear, Inc., P. O. Box 151, Amarillo, TX, 79189 The Steeple Rock mining district is located in western New Mexico near Duncan, Arizona. More specifically, it occupies the southwestern portion of
Geology of the Kingston mining district with detailed work on the Black Colt mine
Peter A. Sanders1 and Thomas H. Giordano2 1Redco Silver Inc. Enterprise, UT 2New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM The Kingston Mining district is located on the east flank of the flack Range, approximately 50
Stratigraphy, structure, and geochemistry of volcanic rocks in the northern Black Range, Sierra County, New Mexico–Evidence for the northern margin of the Emory cauldron, lat. 33°15’00″N
Richard J. Abitz Department of Geology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 The margin of a mid-Tertiary volcano-tectonic structure, the Emory cauldron, lies in the northern Black Range. Kneeling Nun Tuff (the ashflow tuff
Determination of source characteristics for recent microearthquake swarms in the Socorro area
Jon P. Ake1, S. P. Jarpe1 and A. R. Sanford1 1Geoscience Department and Geophysical Research Center, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 During May and July 1983 two distinct microearthquake swarms
Geology of the Cochiti mining district, Sandoval County, New Mexico
Gary A. Parkison1, Karl M. Emanuel1, David J. Wronkiewicz2 and David I. Norman2 1NICOR Mineral Ventures, Inc., Albuquerque, NM 2New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, 87801 The Cochiti or Bland Mining District is located about fifty
Geology of the Carrizo Mountains, Lincoln County, New Mexico
David J. Pertl1, Jock A. Campbell1 and Albert M. Kudo2 1Department of Geosciences, West Texas State University, Canyon, TX, 79016 2Department of Geology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 The Carrizo Mountains are located
Devonian and Mississippian stratigraphy and depositional environments in the Big Hatchet Mountain of southwestern New Mexico
Darrell G. Moore Texas Tech University, TX Petrographic and stratigraphic characteristics of Upper Devonian and Lower Mississippian strata in the Big Hatchet Mountains were examined. The Upper Devonian Percha Shale rests unconformably on the Upper
Types of epithermal deposits
David I. Norman1, Khosrow Bazrafshan1 and Ted L. Eggleston1 1Department of Geoscience New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 Hydrothermal systems can vary from oxidizing to very reducing. Oxidizing systems deposit Mn-Fe-W-Sn-Pb-Zn-Ag
Biostratigraphic significance of Coryphodon species from lower Eocene Regina Member, San Jose Formation, San Juan Basin, New Mexico
Spencer G. Lucas Department of Geology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 Three species of Coryphodon (Mammalia. Pantodonta) are present in the Regina Member of the San Jose Formation: C. simus (Cope, 1874), C.
Comparison of copper-bearing skarn deposits in the Central mining district, New Mexico
Virgil W. Lueth University of Texas, El Paso, TX A detailed study of skarn mineralization in the Lake Valley Formation and Magdalena Group in the Central mining district indicates the presence of two different types