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Geology of the Chupadera Mesa

2009
438 pages

Virgil Lueth, Spencer G. Lucas, Richard M. Chamberlin, 2009, 438 pages. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-60

$30.00

Research papers are free to download.
Roadlogs, mini-papers and some other sections are available in print.


SKU: FFC-60

About this guidebook

High and lonesome, in the center of New Mexico, the Chupadera Mesa is home to a handful of ranchers and visited only occasionally by a few hearty geologists. Here we present new studies concerning the geology of this harsh but beautiful country. In this volume geologists detail the geologic history ranging from the Proterozoic to the Recent via comprehensive roadlogs and illustrations. Over thirty research papers document the latest discoveries over diverse subjects ranging from paleontology and stratigraphy to geophysics, tectonics and ore deposits. Seventeen color plates illustrate the geological complexity of this enchanting area of New Mexico.This is the 60th in a series of annual guidebooks by the New Mexico GeologicalSociety. The guidebooks collectively provide the most comprehensive library of geologic literature for New Mexico and adjacent states.

Contents & downloads

Note — Downloads of the papers below are free.

Road logs, mini-papers, and some other sections of recent guidebooks are only available in print.

Front Matter

(includes Dedication, President’s Message, & Conference Organizer’s Message)

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Roadlogs

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Southern Chupadera Mesa: First-day road log from Socorro to Chupadera Mesa via San Antonio, Carhtage, Bignham, Jones Camp, Broken Back Crater , and Fraley

Richard M. Chamberlin, Virgil W. Lueth, Spencer G. Lucas, Steven M. Cather, Stephen C. Hook, Karl Krainer, and Justin A. Spielman, pp. 1-20.

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Mini-papers

Senecu, New Mexico, 1629: The birth of viticutlure in the United States

Adrian P. Hunt and Spencer G. Lucas, pp. 20-22.

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Bentonites and boundaries in the lower tongue of the Mancos Shale, Carthage coal field, Socorro County, New Mexico

Stephen C. Hook, pp. 23-26.

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The Mockingbird Gap Clovis site

Bruce B. Huckell and Vance T. Holliday, pp. 26-28.

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The Mockingbird Gap Clovis site

Bruce B. Huckell and Vance T. Holliday, pp. 26-28.

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A summary of age dating at the Hansonburg galena-barite-fluorite deposits, Socorro County, New Mexico

Virgil W. Lueth, pp. 28-30.

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Mining history of the Jones district iron deposits, Chupadera Mesa, Socorro County, New Mexico

Robert W. Eveleth and Virgil W. Lueth, pp. 30-33.

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Primary flow folds on the north margin of the Jones Camp dike: Evidence for easterly dike propagation and mafic magma transport

Richard M. Chamberlin, pp. 33-35.

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Temperature-pressure constraints on metamorphism and hydrothermal alteration of the Jones Camp dike, Socorro County, New Mexico

Virgil W. Lueth, pp. 35-38.

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The Permian Chupadera Formation

Spencer G. Lucas, pp. 38-40.

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Fraley limestone quarry and kilns

Robert W. Eveleth, virgil W. Lueth, and Stanley Krukowski, pp. 40-42.

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Geologic relationships and new 40Ar/39Ar age of lavas in the Broken Back crater area

Steven M. Cather and Matthew T. Heizler, pp. 43-45.

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Flood deposits of lower Bandelier pumice and ash near Bosquecito, central New Mexico

Steven M. Cather and William C. McIntosh, pp. 44-45.

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Quebradas Country: Second-day road log from Socorro to Buffalo Well via Arroyo de la Parida and Canoncito de la Uva

Spencer G. Lucas, Steven M. Cather, Richard M. Chamberlin, Virgil W. Lueth, Karl Krainer, and Justin Spielman, pp. 47-66.

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Fossil evidence of the age of the Ancestral Rio Grande at Arroyo de la Parida, Socorro County, New Mexico

Spencer G. Lucas, pp. 66-67.

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Clarence Luther Herrick and the geology of the Cerros de Anmado, Socorro County, New Mexico

Spencer G. Lucas, pp. 67-68.

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An early Permian (Wolfcampian-Symourian) vertebrate fauna from the Abo Formation (Scholle Member), Gallina Well, Socorro County, NM

Justin A. Spielman, Spencer G. Lucas, David S. Berman, and Amy C. Henrici, pp. 69-70.

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Rare-earth geochemical anomaly at Sierra larga, New Mexico: NURE stream sediment data suggest a monazite placer deposit in the Permian Glorieta Sandstone

Richard M. Chamberlin, pp. 71-73.

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The Montosa fault

Steven M. Cather, pp. 73-74.

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Northern Chupadera Mesa: Third-day road log from Socorro to Gran Quivira via Abo Pass

Virgil W. Lueth, Spencer G. Lucas, Steven M. Cather, Richard M. Chamberlin, Dave Love, Dave McCraw, Amy Luther, Karl Krainer, and Justin A. Spielman, pp. 75-108.

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Jerome copper prospects, San Lorenzo Canyon, Socorro County, New Mexico

Robert W. Eveleth, Richard M. Chamberlin, and Virgil W. Lueth, pp. 92-95.

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A Late Pennsylvanian marine fauna from the La Casa Member, Wild Cow Formation (Madera Group) near Abo Pass, Socorro County, New Mexico

Barry S. Kues, pp. 95-97.

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The Upper Carboniferous Bursum Formation at Abo Pass, Socorro County, New Mexico

Karl Krainer, Spencer G. Lucas, and Daniel Vachard, pp. 98-102.

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A hyperfiltration model for copper mineralization at the Abo Mine, Scholle district, New Mexico

Virgil W. Lueth and T. Michael Whitworth, pp. 102-104.

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Papers

Summary of interpetations of six years of tiltmeter motions above the flanks of the Socorro Magma Body, central Rio Grande Rift

D. W. Love, B. D. Allen, R. M. Chamberlin, and W. C. Haneberg, pp. 145-152.

Cyclic sedimentation of the Upper Pennsylvanian (Lower Wolfcampian) Bursum Formation, central New Mexico: tectonics versus glacioeustasy

Karl Krainer and Spencer Lucas, pp. 167-182.

Pennyslvanian stratigraphy and conodont biostratigraphy in the Cerros de Amado, Socorro County, New Mexico

Spencer G. Lucas and Krainer, Karl, Barrick, James E., pp. 183-211.

A coal-measure forest near Socorro, New Mexico

Spencer G. Lucas, William A. Dimichele, Karl Krainer, Dan S. Chaney, and Justin A. Spielmann, pp. 235-242.

Pennyslvanian fishes from the Sandia Formation, Socorro County, New Mexico

Alexander Ivanov, Spencer G. Lucas, and Karl Krainer, pp. 243-247.

Late Pennsylvanian invertebrate paleontology of Bruton Canyon, northern Sierra Oscura, Socorro County, New Mexico

Barry S. Kues, pp. 249-266.

The biota and paleoecology of the upper Pennsylvanian (Missourian) Tinajas Locality, Socorro County, New Mexico

Allan J. Lerner, Spencer G. Lucas, Justin A. Speilmann, Karl Krainer, William A. Dimichele, Dan S. Chaney, Joerg W. Schneider, W. John Nelson, and Alexander Ivanov, pp. 267-280.

Dimetrodon (amniota: synapsida: sphenacodontidae) from the lower permina Abo Formation, Socorro County, New Mexico

Spencer G. Lucas, Justin A. Spielmann, Larry F. Rinehart, and Thomas Martens, pp. 281-284.

The Abo Pass tracksite: a lower permian tetrapod footprint assemblage from central New Mexico

Spencer G. Lucas, Justin A. Spielmann, and Allan J. Lerner, pp. 285-290.

The arthropod trace fossil Cruziana and associated ichnotaxa from the lower Permian Abo Formation, Socorro County, New Mexico

Nicholas J. Minter and Spencer G. Lucas, pp. 291-298.

Tetropod footprints from the lower Permian Abo Formation near Bingham, Socorro County, New Mexico

Spencer G. Lucas and Justin A. Spielmann, pp. 299-304.

Tetropod footprints from the lower Permian Yeso Group, Mockingbird Gap, Socorro County, New Mexico

Spencer G. Lucas and Justin A. Spielmann, pp. 305-310.

Low diversity Selachian assemblage from the Upper Cretaceous Greenhorn Limestone, Socorro County, New Mexico

Spencer G. Lucas and Justin A. Spielmann, pp. 311-314.

A nearshore vertebrate assemblage from the late cretaceous (turonian) Atarque Sandstone, Socorro County, New Mexico

Justin A. Spielmann, Randy Pence, and Spencer G. Lucas, pp. 315-320.

40Ar/39Ar Geochronlogy of the Jones Camp Dike, central New Mexico: an eastward projection of the Magdalena Radial Dike Swarm from under the Oligocene Socorro-Magdalena Caldera Cluster

Richard M. Chamberlin, William C. McIntosh, and Lisa Peters, pp. 337-346.

Thermal history of the Eastern Socorro Basin, Socorro County, New Mexico, based on apatite fission-track thermochronology

Shari A. Kelley, Charles E. Chapin, Steven M. Cather, and Mark Person, pp. 347-358.

Magmatic activity and mineralization along the Capitan, Santa Rita, and Morenci lineaments in the Chupadera Mesa area, central New Mexico

McLemore, Virginia T., Zimmerer, Matthew, pp. 375-386.

Progress report on tracking Rio Grande terraces across the uplift of the Socorro Magma Body

D. W. Love, D. J. McCraw, R. M. Chamberlin, M. Reiter, S. D. Connell, S. M. Cather, and L. Majkowski, pp. 415-424.

Arroyo cutting and vegetation change in Abo Canyon, New Mexico: evidence from repeat photography along the Santa Fe Railway

Stephen A. Hall, William Penner, and Moira Ellis, pp. 429-438.

Recommended citation

  1. Lueth, Virgil; Lucas, Spencer G.; Chamberlin, Richard M.; [eds.], 2009, Geology of the Chupadera Mesa, New Mexico Geological Society, Guidebook, 60th Annual Field Conference, 438 pp. ISBN: 9781585460953 https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-60